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Ann Bartlett

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1

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posted 11/19/2009, comments (3)

Regenerating Beta Cells

Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease. Without injected insulin, people who have diabetes cannot survive. Insulin was invented in 1928 changing our lives from a death sentence to someone living with diabetes. It is a little mind numbing to think about! The 1928 research team's discovery... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Fran Cogen

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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l

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posted 11/17/2009, comments (2)

Letting Go. Transitioning to the Adult World (Part 1)

By their very nature, pediatricians and pediatric sub-specialists enjoy caring for children of all ages. At Children's National Medical Center, we care for children up until 22 years of age. Thus, our patients tend to "age out" after completing college or entering the workplace despite their wishes to remain with our Diabetes team indefinitely. I... Read more Chevron

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Kelly Kunik

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Diabetes Advocate&Patient Blogger, & Diazon

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posted 11/16/2009, comments (10)

Guest Blogger Kelly Kunik on Diabetes Choices

So with Diabetes you have choices- never let anyone tell you that you don’t. And by choice I mean attitude, and by attitude, I mean a good one or a not so great one. You can choose to be mad, which means that you’ll spend all your time being a major downer, and your blood sugar will most likely will be running on the high... Read more Chevron

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Kerri Sparling

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posted 11/13/2009, comments (0)

The Most Wonderful Place in the World

When I was a kid, I went to the Clara Barton Camp for Diabetic Girls and spent five summers in a row hanging out with other kids who had diabetes. For me, a girl from a small town with no other diabetics roaming around, it was the coolest place ever. There, I fit in. Early in the morning, before we would all head down to the... Read more Chevron

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Merely Me

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I am a freelance health writer who has a mom with diabetes

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posted 11/13/2009, comments (8)

Diabetes and Depression: What's the Connection?

It may or may not come as a huge surprise to those of you who suffer from diabetes that depression is closely associated with this disease. The American Diabetes Association tells us that people with diabetes are at greater risk for depression. They provide statistics which show that while the incidence of depression affecting the general... Read more Chevron

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