Type 1 diabetes

People often ask what it means when their meter flashes "test ketones".

If you or your child are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it’s completely natural to feel overwhelmed. Here are eight quick tips that you can use to help you take control.

People who aren’t familiar with the disease tend to lump type 1 and type 2 diabetes together. However, nothing could be more misguided!

People with type 1 diabetes have absolutely no pancreatic function, so their bodies are unable to make insulin.

When adults are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it is their right to decide who to tell. It is usually recommended to tell people with whom you spend a lot of time, such as workplace colleagues.

The back-to-school period brings lots of new beginnings. New beginnings are exciting but also bring challenges, especially for students with diabetes in the later years of high school.

Yes, we know – the very thought of your child going off to a party at someone else’s home may at first fill you with horror: away from your control, over-excited, distracted by all the fun, and surrounded by an abundance of enticing high sugar and high carb treats.