A multi-center study led by a UB pediatric endocrinologist has found that a drug currently on the market for other autoimmune conditions can preserve the beta cells of children and young adults recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes for at least a year after diagnosis. The research, published Nov. 19 in The New England Journal […]
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Diabetic CEO Builds His Business To Help Others Deal With The Disease
David Weingard, CEO and founder of Cecelia Health, traces the beginning of his company to the day, at 36 years old, he walked into a doctor’s office and was told he had Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes. “I had no energy, and when I stepped on the scale I was 30 […]
Does sugar really kill you? Dispelling myths about diabetes
Many Malaysians are still oblivious as to how diabetes is diagnosed. Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin, or the cells stop responding to the insulin that is produced, resulting in glucose in the blood that cannot be absorbed into the […]
News Type 1 diagnosis early in life linked to immune system gene changes
Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes very early in life is linked with more changes to immune system genes than for people diagnosed with the condition later in life, according to new research. The research team were keen to study gene changes in a bid to understand more as to why people diagnosed with type […]
Ashley’s Story
Saturday, March 1, 2003, my Diabetaversary. I had been losing weight since January. I was thirsty and becoming more so as the days passed. I was in the bathroom urinating a lot. I started to count how often, and when I got to 8 before 3pm I got concerned. (I had seen a commercial on […]