Do you remember when you first brought your baby home, and you would find yourself checking on her, just to make sure she was still breathing? Do you…
I wasn’t one of those kids who hated Brussels sprouts. I loved them so much I would beg my grandmother to make them for me. And now, decades later, my sons beg me to make Brussels sprouts for them. I guess loving Brussels sprouts is genetic!
For more than 20 years scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of how insulin binds to the insulin receptor, a discovery which could help improve treatments for both patients with type 1 and type diabetes. It seems that a research team at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, led by Associate Professor Mike Lawrence, Dr Colin Ward and Dr John Menting have now found the answer.
A few years ago, my GP noted that my fasting blood sugars were creeping up. Over the last few weeks, I started checking my morning blood sugar, and…
New diabetes books are appearing left and right, and we've complied a list of some newly published and up-and-coming titles you won't want to miss. Check out our diabetes books list, and if you've already read the books, please send us your feedback.
When I was first diagnosed with type one diabetes, at the age of 11, I spent ten days in the hospital. On the day I was sent home I made a point of seeking…
JDRF and Tandem Diabetes Care, the company behind the t:slim insulin pump, have teamed up to develop a dual-chamber infusion pump for the management of diabetes. The partnership agreement is designed to accelerate the development of a next-generation, fully automated artificial pancreas system.
The Behavorial Diabetes Institute (BDI) Needs Your Help
Sometimes it can be tough and frustrating when you have a partner with type 1 diabetes. …
New research from the University of Pennsylvania has discovered that the most popular type 2 diabetes medication, metformin, works differently than previously thought. Metformin was known to lower blood glucose levels by decreasing the amount of glucose produced by the liver, but how the drug did this was not known.
Today, I made yet another diabetes parenting mistake. We were at lunch with some of Sacha’s friends to celebrate his sixth birthday. It was…