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The new Barbie® doll features a CGM and insulin pump, and is dressed in a blue polka dot pattern to represent diabetes ...
Children of parents with Type 1 diabetes have an elevated risk of getting the disease. For some families, a trial that provided annual screenings gave them information to prepare for the worst.
AURORA, Colo. — Diabetes treatment centers saw a surge in type 1 diabetes patients that may correlate with the coronavirus pandemic. That's according to Dr. Brigitte Frohnert, associate ...
Universal screening for presymptomatic type 1 diabetes among schoolchildren would cost approximately €22 (about $25) per child screened, and about €7000 (~$7900) per child diagnosed, a new ...
Will a genetic test for Type 1 diabetes risk be valuable to parents, despite its shortcomings? Now many parents don't know their kids have this condition until they end up in the hospital.
COVID-19 infection didn't appear to precipitate a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in kids, a prospective multinational cohort study suggested. Researchers tested more than 4,500 adolescents every few ...
Type 1 diabetes is becoming a lot more common in general: From 2001 to 2017, the number of people under age 20 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes jumped by 45%. 1 Researchers aren’t exactly sure why ...
Living with Type 1 diabetes can be challenging for anyone, and much more so for children. A local organization called the PADRE Foundation is offering help for kids, both physically and mentally ...
Type 1 diabetes primarily affects kids—in fact, the condition used to be called juvenile diabetes—and every 35 in 10,000 people under the age of 20 have it, according to the Centers for ...
Kamp for Kids: Diabetes and You heralds a 20-year history in providing education, camaraderie, and support to children (ages 4-16) with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.Begun as a small initiative with 16 ...
Kansas City Chiefs’ Noah Gray — NFL player in Super Bowl LVII — gives Type 1 diabetes insight to youths dealing with same disease.