A government funded research program that has pumped more than $2.5 billion into diabetes research over the past 20 year…
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Exporting America’s Diet: A Peek Into South Asia’s Growing Diabetes Problem
A recent NY Times article discussed the ‘volcano of diabetes’ upon which India is sitting. The cause? A population predi…
We Couldn’t Do It Without You
Dear Readers,
The new year is almost upon us, and we’re preparing for a 2018 full of in-depth reporting and strong…
Living with Diabetes in South Africa
I just celebrated a decade of living Type 1 diabetes (sadly, there was no cake). I was diagnosed just after I moved to C…
JDRF Initiative Aims to Speed Development of ‘Open Source’ Artificial Pancreas Systems
In October, JDRF took the organization’s first step into the burgeoning world of DIY diabetes technology when it announc…
JDRF Launches Health Insurance Guide to Help People with Type 1 Diabetes
JDRF has announced the launch of a new Type 1 Diabetes Health Insurance Guide to help people living with T1D choose an i…
Should Diabetes Organizations Celebrate with Sugary Foods?
November 14 was World Diabetes Day, and organizations around the world brought attention to the disease in various ways.…
Day One of Life with Diabetes: Memories from Diagnosis Day
Since September of 1986, when I was seven, I have been living with type 1 diabetes. Day one of diabetes is mostly a blu…
Don’t Waste Your Passion on Jimmy Kimmel’s Diabetes Joke
I’m fairly sure most of you reading this right now have already heard about the Jimmy Kimmel drama (over nothing). Quite…
The Bitter Irony of Jimmy Kimmel’s Diabetes Joke
A few days ago, a viral Instagram post began appearing all over my social media threads. It was the same post everywhere…
