Von Claudia Shannon

All About Birth Control for Women with Type 1 Diabetes

Due to the morning- after pills concentrated, high dosage of hormones, blood sugar swings are common and quite severe in the following days after c...

A Word from Irelands Diabetes Community

It inspired me to set up a local diabetes support group, because who better to help me find better care than other people in the area? Since findin...

Reaching Medicare Age with Type 1 Diabetes? Heres what to Know

There are also many websites designed specifically for people with diabetes to help them make sure theyre making the best coverage decisions when t...

Your Guide to Post-COVID Travel with Type 1 Diabetes

Traveling with type 1 diabetes (T1D) can always present challenges, including extra vigilance in packing extra supplies, managing travel day blood ...

Advocates Take a Stand Against Diabetes Stigma

These serious consequences have led advocacy groups and individual advocates across the diabetes landscape actively take a stand against diabetes s...

Teaching Universities How to Support Students with Diabetes

The Boston-based College Diabetes Network (CDN) has literally changed the world for young people heading to college with type 1 diabetes over the l...

Brittle Diabetes: Outdated Term or Neglected Condition?

Itâ€™s known as labile diabetes in clinical lingo and there are some in the patient D-community advocating to bring more awareness and recognition ...

Hello Semglee: First of Its Kind Interchangeable Insulin Now Available

One of the most important aspects of Semglee entering the market is the potential effect on insulin pricing overall. At the time of FDA approval, V...

Type I Diabetes a Viral Thing?

* Two people may be infected with the same virus and only one of them who is genetically prone will go on to develop diabetes. For a while Iâ€™ve b...

Ask D'Mine: Knee Pain and Diabetes?

Today, Wilâ€™s responding to a question about pain in the knees and how that may (or may not) be related to diabetes. Hereâ€™s how it works: uncont...

What It's Like to Work At NASA with Type 1 Diabetes

Diagnosed at age 11, Blackwell is an aerospace engineer and NASA flight controller who has dreamt of being an astronaut for most of her life. Even ...

What to Eat for Breakfast with Type 1 Diabetes

â€œThe reason we dose for carbs is because carbs impact our blood sugars most aggressively, but fats and proteins impact your blood sugars but less...