Regular monitoring of blood sugars, support from family, school, and community are other important factors for a child with type 1 diabetes to lead an active life. They can participate in sports, ...

When my son was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, I didn’t sleep for weeks. Every beep of a monitor, every minute his ...

Each year, about 18,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the United States. And that number is increasing at a rate of 2.9% each year. Those statistics mean more and more ...

Once known as “juvenile” diabetes, type 1 diabetes was long considered a childhood disease. Although the condition is often diagnosed in children and teenagers, it can develop at any age. Type 1 ...

Kyhla Desire's story highlights the delayed diagnoses and disparities faced by Black youth with Type 1 diabetes. The African American Diabetes Association works to address these issues.

When my son was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I didn’t sleep for weeks. Every beep of a monitor, every minute his blood sugar was slightly off, every outing with friends felt like a risk I ...

I didn’t sleep for weeks. Every beep, every slight change in his numbers, every outing with friends felt like a risk I couldn’t control. Unlike the scrapes and skinned knees of early childhood, this ...

Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body mistakenly attacks itself as the immune system destroys the pancreas's insulin ...

A test using genetics to predict who is at the highest risk of developing type 1 diabetes could one day be applied to ...

November is National Diabetes Month. November is National Diabetes Month, but for the more than a million children and adults in the U.S. living with Type 1 diabetes, every day and night is a constant ...

The latest Barbie slays in a chic blue polka-dot crop top, ruffled miniskirt, chunky heels and an insulin pump. She is the brand’s first doll with type 1 diabetes. Dollmaker Mattel worked with ...