Optimal Life: The Essentials of Diabetes

Optimal Life: The Essentials of Diabetes

by jpark 01.02.2013

Guest Post by Jennie Park, JDRF Volunteer: After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1983 at age 7, my family and I relied on our visits to the doctor to get the information we needed.  Since doctors only have a limited amount of time to spend with patients, it isn’t a surprise that 29 [...]

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My Friends Are My #1

by mscott 08.29.2012

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Why are my friends my #1? I’m often asked, “you don’t have T1D in your family, why do you support JDRF?”  Simple, my friends, the people tied to JDRF. For nearly 20 years I’ve donated time and efforts primarily for children’s charitable organizations. About 7 years ago, I met the people at JDRF, all who are eager to find [...]

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My Daughter is My #1

by lhalprin 08.20.2012

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It’s my kid – my grown-up daughter Julia – who drives my desire for a cure for type 1 diabetes. I want to cure T1D because it’s in her way – in the way of uninterrupted nights of sleep if she gets low, in the way of those “straight lines” we love – to the [...]

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My Brother is My #1

by klorenzen 08.13.2012

Katrina & Bradley

Bradley was diagnosed over 10 years ago with T1D at the age of four and a half.  My family and I were in shock because we had only heard of diabetes but had no idea what living with the disease would be like.  My family and I took the news of Brad’s diagnosis very hard. [...]

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I Am My #1

by Elizabeth 08.06.2012

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I will remember September 7, 2005 for the rest of my life. I was 16 years old and like most teenagers, I felt invincible. I was on the varsity volleyball team, played in my high school marching band, and was involved in countless school activities. I had a lot of friends and knew the majority [...]

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Ride to Cure Diabetes Training Tip #18

by JDRF 01.12.2012

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By Coach Eartl Question: What’s the best piece of advice you can give me as a first time rider? Allow the JDRF Ride to change your life. One of the most rewarding parts of working as a coach with JDRF riders like yourselves is that I get to witness how many get hooked on riding [...]

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Am I Giving My Son—Who has Type 1 Diabetes—Preferential Treatment?

by JDRF 01.12.2012

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The other day my twelve-year-old daughter looked up from her two pieces of French toast. She stared at me across the breakfast table with eyes that are the exact shade of blue as her older brother’s and said, “Why do you always give Will more?” “Because he’s two years older and twenty pounds heavier than [...]

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“Cure” by Shepard Fairey — Signed and Numbered Screen Prints Available

by JDRF 01.11.2012

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The JDRF Los Angeles Chapter has recently procured these screen print posters – limited edition of 200. Buy from JDRF’s Official Ebay Account → These prints were created exclusively by artist, Shepard Fairey for JDRF and have been signed and numbered by the artist. The image is based on War By Numbers Print in Red [...]

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Diabetes and Biotechnology: A Shared History…A Hopeful Future

by JDRF 12.21.2011

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Dr. Dick Insel, JDRF’s Chief Scientific Officer, and Kerry Morgan, 2011 JDRF Children’s Congress delegate, talk about the future of diabetes and biotechnology.

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JDRF-Funded Study Seeks to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

by JDRF 12.13.2011

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REMOVAL, a multi-site, international trial will test whether metformin helps prevent the development of a common complication associated with type 1 diabetes JDRF-funded researchers have begun enrolling adult patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the REMOVAL study, to test whether metformin-a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes-could help prevent or reduce the [...]

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