A Great Read ~ SHOT: Staying Alive with Diabetes
SHOT: Staying Alive with Diabetes, by Amy F. Ryan, is an intimate portrait of a young woman’s sudden transition to type 1 diabetes and a life of insulin dependence. Treatment for a routine infection one Monday morning yielded, with stunning speed, to a glucose...Petition to Standardize TSA screenings for diabetics
we petition the obama administration to: Standardize TSA screenings for diabetic persons using wearable self-monitoring medical equipment We petition the White House and Congress to mandate that employees of the Transportation Safety Administration be educated about...First Single Gene Mutation Shown to Result in Type 1 Diabetes
A JDRF-funded study out of Switzerland has shown that a single gene called SIRT1 may be involved in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and other autoimmune diseases. The study, “Identification of a SIRT1 Mutation in a Family with Type 1 Diabetes,”...Welcome to The Savvy Diabetic!
My very first post … WELCOME! I hope you will find this to be a fun and interesting and helpful place to visit. I plan to share as much news as I can find on research and new technologies, offer guest bloggers, post interesting thoughts and questions to ponder,...
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