Teens and Insulin Pumps – Isn’t the challenge really diabetes?
I’m struggling with the media hype coming out of the American Academy of Pediatrics Journal‘s recently published article about the dangers of insulin pumps usage in adolescents. According to FDA records there were 1594 injuries to teens related to pump usage during a ten year period and thirteen teens died using insulin pumps in that decade. These are scary numbers and they are reportedly higher in teens than in...
I'd written a few weeks ago confiding my frustration with my teenage son who has Type 1, and dealing with what I felt was his poor... Read more »
I had the pleasure of meeting with several of my co-bloggers: Ann Bartlett and Beth McNamara, along with Alli Bush (our... Read more »
Three of the most important topics in relation to teenagers are illicit drugs, alcohol, and sex. Clearly diabetes has implications on all... Read more »
About three years ago, 14 year old Nick Jonas was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He had all the classic symptoms: guzzling absurd amounts... Read more »
While casually reading SELF magazine today, I came across a very comprehensive article about diabetes. More specifically, it was about the... Read more »
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