Diabetes Education

A-Z Guide

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Type I Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes most often strikes young people, especially between the ages of 5 and 7 (when viruses run through the... »

Blog entry

Asthma, Diabetes Related?
Children with type 1 diabetes are less likely to get asthma, eczema, or hayfever. And the reverse is true, that those... »
Cow's Milk and Diabetes
Pediatric News (33(8):2, 1999), has reported on a significant new study coming out of Finland. Up until now, the... »
Diabetes Linked to Birth Month
Does astrology affect diabetes? A study in Sweden found that the month of a child's birth affects the risk of whether... »
Fast-Food Fallout
Does stopping by a fast food restaurant a few times a week with your kids really make a difference in their health? A... »
FDA Approves New Ways to monitor Diabetes
Dick Tracy, move over! A watch just approved by FDA advisors is even cooler than a wrist-phone. The Gluco Watch uses... »
Vaccine Diabetes Link?
Type 1 diabetes has increased in children over the last decade, presumably triggered by something in their diet or in... »
Vitamin D and Preventing Diabetes
Taking vitamin D drops in the first year of life may help prevent kids from developing type 1 diabetes, according to a... »

Q&A

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Diabetes or just Normal Thirst?
Immune-mediated or type 1 diabetes most often strikes young people, especially between the ages of 5 and 7 (when... »
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What is Type 1 Diabetes?
All of us are insulin dependent; it's just that some of us stop producing our own. Click here to read about the causes... »