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Ginger Vieira

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posted 11/13/2009, comments (2)

Diabetic Lineman on Boston College Football Team!

Rich Lapham was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 13 years old, but today is a lineman on the Boston College football team. Lapham was recently featured in the Boston Herald for his athletic perseverence despite his Type 1 diabetes, and just like the rest of us: diabetes is challenging for him, too, but he simply doesn't let it get in the way of... Read more Chevron

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Andrew Berry

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posted 10/27/2009, comments (2)

Progress in T-Cell research for a cure

Researchers are one step closer to pinpointing the direct cause of Type 1 diabetes. Dr. Dario Vignali and his team at St Jude Children’s Research Center have discovered how destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause type 1 diabetes. These findings may lead to possible strategies for halting or... Read more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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posted 10/27/2009, comments (2)

ASK GINGER - Does diabetes ever make you depressed?

Hey Ginger, Does diabetes ever make you depressed? A kid in my high school has diabetes and he told me he also goes to a doctor because his diabetes makes him depressed. I get really angry about my diabetes sometimes, and it’s been getting worse since I got into high school. I just wish I didn’t have it, and didn’t have to... Read more Chevron

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Ginger Vieira

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posted 08/31/2009, comments (2)

Lasik Eye Surgery & Diabetes!

My biggest fear before going to the free eye screening for Lasik surgery was definitely my diabetes. Some people aren’t candidates for Lasik because their corneas aren’t thick enough to reshape or because their vision is out of the acceptable range for correction, but I was worried that diabetics in general weren’t candidates.... Read more Chevron

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marching band & diabetes are hard to mix, but I do have the ladel

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posted 04/08/2009, comments (4)

Marching Band + Diabetes

Whenever I was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes, i had already been in my high school marching band for over half a year. I decided to stick with it though, and I'm glad I did. I was pretty lucky that there was already annother type-1 kid in the band who has helped me out. She informed me with many good tips. For such... Read more Chevron

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