Diabetes Information

A-Z Guide

Congenital Heart Disease
There are many types of congenital heart disease. They can be very mild, or they can be quite serious. Some require... »
Type I Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes most often strikes young people, especially between the ages of 5 and 7 (when viruses run through the... »

Q&A

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... »
Yeast Infections and Diabetes
Chronic yeast infections (or other skin infections) can be an early sign of diabetes. Healthy kids in diapers commonly... »

Blog entry

Adult Diabetes and Kids
 A huge study of millions of kids revealed for the first time the true measure of type 2 diabetes in children in the... »
Advances for Diabetes
Star GlucoWatch, a painless glucose monitor for diabetics that is worn like a wristwatch, is FDA-approved. The device... »
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... »
Organic Watermelon, Papaya, and Diabetes
The rise of diabetes is alarming. Today almost 1/3 of Americans, more than 73 million adults, already have diabetes or... »