A new video out of the UK about being bullied at school over diabetes. If you can get through the accents, it's interesting :)… More Info
This video was made in cooperation with the American Diabetes Association to support their school-based outreach and fundraising program: School Walk for Diabetes. The target audience for this video is school children in grades K-6.… More Info
Dr. Jon Oden, an endocrinologist at Children's, says it's becoming more common for children to be diagnosed with Type II diabetes, a disease that used to be known as adult-onset diabetes. Find out why more children are showing symptoms of the disease and what you can do to prevent your child from a diabetes diagnosis. … More Info
Shock. Fear. Confusion. Guilt. These are common reactions when parents are told that their child has Type I diabetes. They learn that there is no cure, so it's a life sentence for the child. At the same time, they are overwhelmed with medical information about the disease as well as about blood testing, insulin shots and new dietary routines. But what about the initial emotional impact of this diagnosis on those parents? Too often, little is done to help parents cope. … More Info
A song performed by a young child suffering with Type 1 Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes results in Heart Disease, Blindness, Amputations and a much shortened life for it's sufferers. … More Info
Michelle Curtis on TuDiabetes.com posted this. Manny Hernandez (TuDiabetes Creator) saw it wrote the following: When I saw this video that Michelle posted earlier I thought this was a great opportunity to have our voices be heard by Oprah and the world. We can reach out to her to try to get her to focus her show at least once on diabetes, as a means of raising awareness. How to do this? Very easy, fill out this form on the Oprah web site and let her and her production team know how you feel about diabetes, what things you feel need to be addressed, why is it important for her to help us raise awareness and anything else you can think of to share with her (of course, please tell her about TuDiabetes too!) I am sure we can make an impact by having hundreds of us letting Oprah know about this, so she hopefully focuses one of her shows on diabetes! In honor of the Call to Congress, as I embark on an advocating adventure.....there are so many ways to reach out, to help, to donate, to volunteer.......… More Info
This cute girl is extremely articulate as talks about her life with Type 1 diabetes.… More Info
ESPN's Brian Kenney explains how important events like Children's Congress are for kids with type 1 diabetes to see the support they have and to know they are not alone.… More Info