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Hi. I have had Type 1 for about 18 years now. Here for about the past week, my sugars have been within the "normal range" without next to any insulin at all! I have been taking my usual night shot of Lantus, which is 13 units before bed. I eat like I normally do so I don't understand why...

I need help coming up with fun ideas for summer camp! As the diabetes education instructor, it's my job to teach campers things they don't already know about T1D and still have fun doing it. Water games, slip n slides, building things and a little friendly competition are always good to incorporate...

Hi guys, Come contribute to my new post on my blog. Www.everydayhighsandlows.com I made a wish list of things I would like for my son. You never know who will be looking! Hopefully all the right people. Just leave your wish list in he comments section under the post. Thanks, Shari

Happy New Year! I know many of you have been following developments with the artificial pancreas guidance from FDA, so I wanted to give you an update about what’s been going on. After FDA released the artificial pancreas draft guidance document on December 1st our initial review was that the guidance...

Last week, we told you that currently 85% of people with T1D are adults and this little piece of information generated lots of great feedback from you all. Many of the comments were hopeful and others, about the obstacles you face while beating T1D every day of your life. (Again, I want to thank you...

Hi everyone, I would love to invite you to check out a blog I started on raising twins. One of my guys has Type 1 diabetes and one does not. I keep it pretty light and easy to read because, let's face it, our days can get pretty heavy at times. The website is www.everydayhighsandlows.com Feel free...

Hi everyone, I started a blog on raising twins. One of my guys has Type 1 diabetes and one does not. I would love for you all to come check it out. I keep it pretty light and easy to read because, let's face it, our days can get pretty heavy at times. The website is www.everydayhighsandlows.com Feel...

Hi everyone, I started a blog on raising twins. One of my guys has Type 1 diabetes and one does not. I would love for you all to come check it out. I keep it pretty light and easy to read because, let's face it, our days can get pretty heavy at times. The website is www.everydayhighsandlows.com Feel...

Hi Everyone, Even though I am the opposite of the group (I don't have diabetes and my little guys does) I wanted to invite you all to chek out my new blog. My story is I am raising twins. One of guys has Type 1 and one does not. I try to keep the blog light and easy to read. Feel free to log on and...

Yesterday, our JDRF Advocacy page on Facebook posted a little factoid, ‘…currently, adults make up approximately 85% of those living with type 1 diabetes,’ and then we asked, ‘Are you a T1D adult, T1D teen, or a parent of a T1D? We'd love to know what you think and how T1D...

Happy Holidays! Check out a holiday video message from the JDRF Advocacy staff, all the best in 2012! =] Hasan JDRF Advocacy

Our team has recently set up a learning resource with the aim of trying to teach others about diabetes in an easy to follow website. We've tried to keep the site simple as possible but at the same time a useful learning resource. We'd love some feedback on the site and on how we can improve or...

As we inch toward the end of 2011, a look back over the past few months shows a great deal of progress in JDRF’s efforts toward curing, treating, and preventing type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its complications. Check out the latest key advances from the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 (July through...

Hey there guys, First of all, let me introduce myself! I'm Julian, 16 years old, and I was diagnosed with type 1 almost two years ago. I'm sure you'll all agree that diabetes awareness and research are both very important, and the the general public doesn't necessarily understand what...

Today, you can help diabetes advocacy efforts by thanking your Members of Congress while JDRF staff and other experts review the intricate details of the artificial pancreas guidance that was published on December 1. We remain encouraged by the draft guidance thus far and hope you are too! We would not...

Thanks to all your efforts, last week the FDA put out encouraging draft artificial pancreas guidance . While a detailed review is still under way, the FDA draft appears to lay a foundation for accelerating the development and availability of artificial pancreas systems that will improve the lives of...

Anyone into Triathlon? I'm on a team composed of triathletes all with type 1 diabetes, called Triabetes.

TYPE 3 Apparel- "Type 3 Diabetes" is a term used to describe the loved ones of Diabetics who have become a willing part of their support system: everyone from parents, friends, siblings and spouses, to those who choose to make Diabetic Care their life's work like Endocrinologists and Diabetic...

"Type 3 Diabetes" is a term used to describe the loved ones of Diabetics who have become a willing part of their support system: everyone from parents, friends, siblings and spouses, to those who choose to make Diabetic Care their life's work like Endocrinologists and Diabetic Nurse Educators...

TYPE 3 Apparel "Type 3 Diabetes" is a term used to describe the loved ones of Diabetics who have become a willing part of their support system: everyone from parents, friends, siblings and spouses, to those who choose to make Diabetic Care their life's work like Endocrinologists and Diabetic...

Hey guys...I have been trying so hard for the past few days to not eat too much of my Halloween candy(i will never be too old for trick or treating!!! everrr!!) because I know it makes my BGs high..but like anyone else theres always that temptation...I try to look up the carbs in my best friend, when...

Hello everyone, I am EXCITED to say that I have completed my 1st Vlog and am HAPPY to share it. Part one is available through the link below, part 2 will be uploaded later this week. I just started talking (unplanned dialogue) and said what was on my mind It seemed easier that way. I enjoyed myself and...

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Crystal Bowersox visited the White House with representatives from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to support renewal of the Special Diabetes Program for type 1 diabetes research.

Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers is the new National Chairman of JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes: http://walk.jdrf.org . Since the founding of JDRF in 1970, the organization's largest and most successful fundraising program, the Walk to Cure Diabetes, has raised over 90 million dollars to go towards...

The Fund A Cure video is a powerful component of JDRF Chapter Galas nationwide. The video is typically accompanied by a personal testimony from a local parent or child with type 1 diabetes and followed by an auction of passion to "fund a cure" in which guests raise their bid cards to make a...

Since the founding of JDRF in 1970, the organization's largest and most successful fundraising program, the Walk to Cure Diabetes, has raised over 90 million dollars to go towards Type 1 diabetes research. Kevin Kline gives you his top 10 reasons to participate in JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes