This summer, approximately 150 children and teenagers from throughout the United States, and several from around the world, will converge in Washington, D.C. for the JDRF 2013 Children’s Congress. Held every other summer, Children’s Congress is the largest grassroots advocacy event focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D), a disease the young delegates live with every [...]
In 1983, a trial began that would forever alter the standard of management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and serve as a stepping stone to future research advances—and as we mark the 30th anniversary of the trial’s inception, we are still learning from the study. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), a 10-year multicenter [...]
JDRF today announced the launch of its new JDRF Pregnancy Toolkit. As Andrea Hulke, director of outreach, states for the release: “We are happy to be able to provide the Pregnancy Toolkit to help ease one of the most important junctures in the lives of future parents with this disease. Most importantly, we want people [...]
