Over the past few weeks, Children's National Medical Center has noted an increased frequency of new diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes in children. In previous blogs, I quoted numerous dire statistics about the increasing frequency of this diagnosis. According to the latest statistics compiled by the American Diabetes Association in 2007, about 2 million adolescents aged 12 to 19 have pre-diabetes. Accordingly, most childhood diabetes programs are starting to see increasing numbers of both children...
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Diabetes at Camp: Sharing Your Diabetes with Family
By Janet Kramschuster, Health Expert
This is the last in a seven-part series chronicling a week of life at family diabetes camp. Camp is quiet. The families have all... Read more »
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Diabetes at Camp Bearskin Part I: My Personal Experience With...
By Janet Kramschuster, Health Expert
This is the first in a seven-part series chronicling a week of life at family diabetes camp. I was diagnosed with type 1... Read more »
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Diabetes at Camp Bearskin Part VI: Growing Up With a Sibling With...
By Janet Kramschuster, Health Expert
This is the sixth in a seven-part series chronicling a week of life at family diabetes camp. Day 5, the last full day of this Family... Read more »
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Juvenile Diabetes: Grieving the Loss of a Normal Childhood
By Beth McNamara, Health Expert
Ever since my son's diagnosis with diabetes, the Easter holiday has been a tough one for me. It's not so much the holiday itself, but it's... Read more »
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Diabetes and Camp Bearskin, A Great Community
By Janet Kramschuster, Health Expert
Bearskin Meadow is not the best. We are a good camp. Certainly even a great camp. I would even hazard a guess to say that we are one of the... Read more »
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Diabetes in Children: Myths and Facts
Myth: Children with diabetes should not eat anything with sugar in it.Fact: This was true years ago, before carb counting was invented. But times... Read more »
Diabetes in Children: What parents need to know about type 1 d...
Finding out your child has type 1 diabetes can be terrifying, and figuring out how to work diabetes care management into your life can be downright... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2,... Read more »
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