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Tag Archives: Type 1 Diabetes
Living With Type 1 Diabetes: A Rebellious Teenager Finds Team Type 1
I am excited to have this opportunity to write a diabetes-focused blog for Diabetes Health about living and thriving with type 1 diabetes. First of all, I am extremely passionate about racing road and mountain bicycles, running 5K runs and …
Living With Type 1 Diabetes: My Love-Hate Relationship With Food
I love carbohydrates, and sometimes, I hate carbohydrates.
I think part of my love/hate relationship with food goes back to the days just before my diagnosis of type 1 as a teenager. …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Running For The Olympics
Kate Hall is so close to the Olympics, and the track and field phenom is hoping that Iowa State University will be her ticket to the global playing field.
Set to graduate from high school in May, Hall is both …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Dancer Doesn’t Let Diabetes Interfere With Her Dreams
Erin Stapley has dreamed of becoming a professional dancer ever since age 10 when she auditioned for and made the Anchorage Ballet Company in Alaska.
Though the 14-year-old was stunned by last year’s discovery she has type 1 diabetes; Stapley …
Diabetes Health Type 1: 7 Behaviors You Need to Stop
Diabetes self-care is much more fun when I’m happy. It’s so much easier when I have a smile on my face. For a long time I thought negative emotions could be controlled or denied. I thought I could just put …
Diabetes Health Tips for Taming Your Winter Allergies
By Joan Lehach, MD
As frigid temperatures and unusually snowy conditions over much of the nation continue to keep many Americans indoors, a veteran allergy expert reminds us that staying inside may keep us warm, but also gives us prolonged …
AskNadia: Type 1 Son Coming from Saudi Arabia to America
Dear Nadia,
My son was diagnosed with T1 when he was eight years old. He has been living in Saudi Arabia and getting excellent medical care from the time of his diagnosis. He started using an insulin pump at the …
Type 1 Diabetes: Something Went Right With My Medication Refill!
You know the feeling when everything seems to be going wrong, and you are becoming more and more pessimistic by the second? I used to feel that way whenever I refilled my medications. I’d find myself bracing for the total …
Diabetes Health: Making Healthcare Work Better For Everyone
Today, 20 million more Americans have insurance because of the ACA, bringing our uninsured rate to an all-time low. Since the ACA was enacted, health care prices have been rising at the slowest rate in five decades. And with new …
