What does it take to raise $100,000 for type 1 diabetes research—when you are just 13 years old? It takes a stellar idea and a stellar young man. Please meet Matthew Sherr. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) seven years ago at age six, Matthew lives in Westchester County, NY, with his parents and three [...]
Camp NYDA, a camp for New York City kids with type 1 diabetes (T1D), will be open again for a few hours on June 15, 2013, after being closed for 21 years. Planning for a reunion at the now privately owned site has been under way for several years. More than 200 people have joined [...]
By Susan Learner Barr, M.S., R.D. In type 1 diabetes (T1D), to have good control of your blood-glucose levels, you need to learn how to count carbohydrates (CHO). That’s right, counting CHO is pretty much T1D “Diet 101.” First you learn that CHO are the main source of energy for your body—they are broken down [...]
“Diabetes is a life-long condition, and it’s one that does not discriminate,” said Susan Collins, a third-term Senator from Maine, in her opening remarks at the Senate hearing on diabetes, as part of the JDRF 2011 Children’s Congress. This year’s hearing, “Transforming Lives through Diabetes Research,” is Senator Collins’ sixth hearing in coordination with JDRF, [...]
United States Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, gaveled open the Senate Hearing, “Transforming Lives through Diabetes Research,” on Wednesday, June 22. The hearing, attended by the 155 JDRF Children’s Congress delegates, ages 4 to 17, focused on progress achieved through the Special Diabetes Program [...]
