Tag: juvenile diabetes

It’s time for parent tips. There are some things that will totally ruin your children’s health, yet are marketed as fun kids’ food. We’re here to warn you, this stuff is not for kids. You’ve seen them before. They come dressed in freaky fun colors, emblazoned with wild gleeful characters, and they may even have a ...

When you think of a spokesperson for diabetes the first person that often comes to mind is Wilford Brimley. He can often be spotted on television promoting supplies for Type 2 Diabetes. Mary Tyler Moore is also a familiar face for Type 1 Juvenile diabetes and supports the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Nick Jonas is a supporter ...

THE Argus continued to spread the good cheer this week by delivering presents to our Hasbro toy giveaway youngsters. A Newport youngster who suffers with diabetes and injects her own insulin and monitors her blood sugar levels, is the latest to receive her toys. Cerys Roberts, nine, was diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was just ...

By Frederik Joelving NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only a minority of obese youths are screened for diabetes, liver problems and high cholesterol, electronic medical records from an Ohio healthcare system show. Researchers say the findings are a call for action, since such complications could be part of the reason why heavy kids appear to have shorter ...

"The awareness and the knowledge that the students gained was a real benefit." - " Bryan Cinti school's vice-principal Every day, Tyler Veilleux leaves his Grade 7 classroom at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic school and heads down to the vice- principal's office. [...]

Sean Busby is a professional snowboarder with type 1 diabetes, a combination you don’t hear about often.  It all started in his early teens when he was introduced to snowboarding and fell instantly in love with the sport. During his high school years, as a healthy growing adolescent, he practiced and excelled beyond his wildest ...

One in three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes later in life unless there are significant changes in lifestyle. [...]

DALLAS, TX (CNN) - A Texas toddler has a special, even life-saving bond with her dog. Ruby, a British terrier, is considered the first-ever diabetic alert dog for young children. She is able to detect when 2-year-old Faith Wilson experiences high or low blood sugar. Wilson endures 15 to 20 finger pricks a day because ...

Twelve-year-old Niressa Reese loves getting her groove on in hip-hop dance classes, and she loves singing in her school's choir. Not much slows her down; not even the insulin pump that she has to wear to ensure her body receives the insulin that her pancreas fails to produce. Diagnosed at the age of 10 with Type ...

Happy Birthday, Neil! "It's better to burn out than to fade away" - Neil Young Neil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland Young was born on November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Canada. His parents, sportswriter and novelist, Scott Young and Edna (Rasssy) moved to Toronto from their family home in Manitoba to pursue a career in sports journalism. By ...