Archive for the 'Diabetes' Category

Video on a Ten Year Old with Type 1 Diabetes

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.

New Diabetes Info

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

New information on Diabetes

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.

Children with Diabetes Share Their Story

New information on Diabetes

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 Articles

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.

Bigger Hospitals Better for Preemies?

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 [...]

Diabetes, An Overview

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 [...]