In all my endless research about Type 2 diabetes, I never came across the phrase LADA or latent autoimmune diabetes in a…
LADA
I Sort of Have Type 1 Diabetes
Although I was diagnosed three years ago, and Jack three months ago, neither of us has taken a speck of insulin. Having …
The Danger of Treating Diabetes with Alternative Medicine
Diet, exercise, and herbs couldn’t cure my diabetes. I was eager to know if he did know what would cure me. The doctor's…
LADA and GAD: Diagnosing Type 1.5 Diabetes
Until now, the effectiveness of GAD antibody testing as a diagnostic has not been completely endorsed by the scientific …
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), JADA, and the Cookie Trap
I lurked during the recent conversations surrounding the petition to change the name of type 1 diabetes, but I refrained…
A Whole LADA Confusion
I attended the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ annual meeting yesterday, the same folks who rec…
Shhh, Beta Cells Are Sleeping
I woke up thinking about first phase insulin response and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT). Does that ever happen to…
Symptoms of Diabetes – Type 1 and LADA
My husband, Mike, and I both have type 1 diabetes – sort of. The full story is that Mike has type 1 diabetes, an…
What is LADA?
A form of diabetes characterized by age, a lack of family history of type 2, a gradual increase in insulin requirements,…
