Parents of young adults with diabetes often share the difficulty adjusting to the transition from pediatric medical care to adult endocrinology care.

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.

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.

We often hear scary stories about foot problems for people with diabetes. If care is taken it doesn’t have to be that way!

Pregnancy can present challenges for any woman. However, managing pregnancy and type 1 diabetes can add additional challenges, and therefore result in new stressors in a woman’s life.

I talked recently with one of the physicians involved in the islet cell transplant program, also known as the “Edmonton Protocol.”

Diabetes terminology, find the definitions related to diabetes to you help understand the condition.