... has separate communities for type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and, last November, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation launched its community, Juvenation. The sites come on top of dozens of ...

European Journal of Endocrinology

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Hormone Research

Scientist have found that a common family of viruses (enteroviruses) may play an important role in triggering the development of diabetes.

Scientists have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of developing the disease. Their findings, published in the journal Science, suggest a link between T1D and the enterovirus (a common virus that enters via the gastrointestinal tract but is often non-symptomatic).

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

The other night I met with a young woman, Katie, at a tea shop in lower Manhattan. She’s a social work student and has single-handedly put together a type 1 support group of young women, a rarity in New York City. They meet at the Friedman Diabetes Institute at Beth Israel Hospital (317 E. 17th Street) every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30 PM. If interested, you can contact Katie at: DiabetesNYC@gmail.com. I was meeting Katie because she was interested in my coming to speak to the group. <o:p>On the subway ride to the tea shop I thought of the several things I could talk about. I could talk about the principles in my book, The ABCs Of Loving Yourself With Diabetes. About how if we focus on the good things in life like love and friendship, think back to how we’ve overcome obstacles in the past and call upon these same strengths dealing with our diabetes, and be kinder to ourselves as we try to manage this slippery slope of blood sugar numbers, that we will be more capable to manage our diabetes.</o:p> <o:p>I thought about my book that will be on bookshelves this summer, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It and that I could talk about the most common myths that even well educated patients believe, and clear up the confusion. Now that would be a lively discussion!</o:p> <o:p>I arrived five minutes early to the little Greenwich Village outpost and after surveying the more than 50 varieties of tea took a seat at a small table in the front of the shop. Katie walked in right on time and fit her self-description: black coat, dark curly hair, red messenger bag. We greeted each other and after bringing back our pot of tea began to talk. When I asked Katie, “Is there anything in particular you’d like me to talk about?” She said, “Yes, could you talk about relationships?” Relationships? Me? And so I asked, “Relationships? Me?”</o:p> <o:p>She said, “I read your article, Love and the Juvenile Diabetic and it really touched me, and our members being young women are really concerned about dating and boyfriends, like how do you tell someone you're dating you have diabetes and when do you tell? Relationships is on the top of nearly everyone’s list.” Wow, I thought, being happily married for the past seven and a half years has wiped out my memory. For surely I felt that way in my 20s and 30s. I told Katie I could share my own experience, but I had no credentials to talk any more expertly about what her young women should or shouldn’t do, only common sense like, feel your way, trust your gut, tell your partner what he or she can do that would be of help to you and if they ignore your needs, run, run, run in the opposite direction.</o:p> <o:p>Thinking about it on the train home I began warming to the topic more and more. When I told my husband what Katie wants me to talk about he said, “Maybe I should come too and represent the other half.” Well, we’ll see, we’re letting the women vote on that.   </o:p> So maybe now I'll be able to add a new line to my bio: the Carrie Bradshaw of diabetes relationships. In case you've forgotten, Carrie Bradshaw was Sarah Jessica Parker's lovable relationships columnist on the HBO sitcom/drama "Sex and the City."

In the fall 2008 Countdown magazine, {the quarterly magazine of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation} I found the article, "Research for Life." The article is about whether people who've had type 1 diabetes for many years still have any insulin producing beta-cell function. If they do the hope is it can be a means for regenerating their insulin-producing capacity and curing themselves of diabetes. I've been familiar with this line of research for some time but something in particular in this article caught my eye. That is that researchers discovered among the type 1s who had participated in the Medalist Program at Joslin Diabetes Center, (type 1s who've had diabetes for 25, 50 and even 75 years and received an honorary medal), the presence of complications did not correlate with typical risk factors for complications such as -- how long you've had diabetes, your insulin production or even A1c levels. About 40% of the medalists did not have any serious complications, even after 60 and 70 years living with diabetes and they had less than ideal A1cs and no presence of any insulin production -- amazing! What scientists think these patients do have in common is some kind of endogenous protective factor, and they are trying to discern exactly what it is. The medalists' longevity did, however, seem related to two things. One, exercise- typically 30-40 minutes of moderately vigorous activity almost daily. Many were actually active ballroom dancers. And, they seemed to have a high level of HDL, the good cholesterol. 2) Positivity. I found it particularly interesting that they also shared being unusually friendly. In the words of the key researcher, Dr. King, in a roomful of patients he can identify the medalists purely on personality. A psychological study seems to back him up: Medalists were found to rate high on a positivity index. So, I think the key lesson is make sure you get your exercise and when your partner steps on your dancing shoes, smile and keep on dancing!

February 10, 2009 (EurekAlert) - Dr. Wenbo Zhi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Medical College of Georgia Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, has received a two-year fellowship to study biomarkers associated with type 1 diabetes....

I've been singing a little jingle (literally) to myself since Maddison's office visit yesterday. It goes......6.9, 6.9 we-got-a-6.9!!! Maddison's A1c went down from 7.2 in October to 6.9%. I can't tell you how elated I am. Honestly, the past 3 months have been predictable and "easily" managed. I didnt have to work my ass off chasing numbers or patterns this time. I haven't had to adjust much at

Finally, a press release that is unquestionably post-worthy: on Friday, the legendary Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston announced that it’s received a million-dollar grant to support type 1 diabetes research. The money comes from a wealthy patient with his own philanthropic organization: the Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation. Beatson lives...

Among people who develop type 1 diabetes, the age it starts tends to be later if their parents have type 2 diabetes, Finnish researchers have found....