Table of Contents - April / May 2008

Features

• Meet Marathoning's Youngest Type 1!
  At 14, San Antonio’s Jordan Hoese is the youngest type 1 ever to compete in a marathon. She describes her life as a runner in this delightful Q and A.

• Insulin Quiz: Are You Smarter Than a Doctor?
  Do you know as much – or more – about insulin than most doctors? Take this test and see!

• Mother & Daughter Fight for Their Rights - and Win!
  When Blue Cross rejects her daughter’s request for a continuous glucose monitor, a determined mother fights back. With the help of a state agency, she wins her appeal.

• Wave Master Scott Dunton
  Diagnosed five years ago with type 1, 21-year-old competitive surfer Scott Dunton has two joys in life: riding the waves in worldwide surfing contests and touring the United States and Canada telling kids and teens that having diabetes isn’t the end of joy or exhilaration.

• Overweight Kids: Which Diet Is Best?
  A pediatrician who has sworn by low-fat diets for years in treating his overweight young patients is amazed by the dramatic result when he switches them to low-carb diets.

• 2008 Summer Camp Directory
  Get your kids and teens out into the great outdoors among other campers who have and understand diabetes. We present the Diabetes Education Camping Association’s 2008 U.S. campground directory.

• Our 1st Annual Diabetes Camp Photo Contest
  A call to camera-ready camp-goers to win prizes and online recognition for your best shots of daily life at summer camp!

Columns

• Letters to the Editor

• My Own Injection

Living Well

• Nick Jonas Alert!

Educational Series

• Insulin

• Depression

• Type 2 Update

• Resources for Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Special Supplement

• Insulin Pumps Chart

Marketplace

Advertiser Product Directory

A1 Chuckles