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This is an informative video about Calvin, a 10 year old boy with Type 1 Diabetes and the struggles that he and his family faces every day.

This new article explains how young people with Type 1 Diabetes greatly benefit from exercise.

An article telling how scientists have found a gene that may increase a child’s risk of developing Type 1 Diabetes. They hope that, armed with this new information, they might be able to prevent this disease.

A new article on how cord blood may preserve insulin levels in children with Type 1 Diabetes.

Information on how cinnamon may help those with Type 2 Diabetes.

Diabetes complications are rising in children.

Camp Nejeda in New Jersey is helping children with diabetes and their families.

A young man from Mount Vernon overcomes many complications from Type I Diabetes.

Someone sent me this interesting article on premature babies. It explains how bigger hospitals just might be better for those born a little too early.

Also, here are a few more interesting articles on preemies:

More preemies are surviving. Read how a preemie survived and then delivered a preemie herself.Â

Massage and music might help preemies go home sooner.

Preemies might be more at risk for diabetes.Â

Diabetes

Diabetes is the result of a person not creating enough insulin (the hormone that converts sugar and other food materials into energy needed by cells) or the person’s body not responding to the insulin made. There are two types of Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes was once called Juvenile Diabetes because it was usually diagnosed in children or young adults. Type 2 Diabetes is usually diagnosed in older adults and certain ethnic groups such as Africans, Native Americans, Latinos, and Pacific Islanders.

Being diagnosed with diabetes is not the end of the world. It just means that you have to live a little more cautiously when it comes to food choices. Many diabetics have a routine of pricking their finger to check blood levels, and they say that, after a while, pricking their finger no longer bothers them. Many diabetics can control their Diabetes by diet alone, but some do have to take insulin artificially. It is important to know how to manage your disease in order to live life to the fullest.

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Thirteen from Brazil have thrown out their insulin and are trying to treat their diabetes with their own stem cells.

Information on Diabetes Camps for children.

Learn how one woman controls her Diabetes and does not let it control her.

Learn about the possible “missing link” between preDiabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

Information on a summer camp in Texas for children with Diabetes.