A new consensus report on the management of type 1 diabetes in adults was presented recently at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meetings. This is an EASD/American Diabetes ...

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not function properly, making the body unable to process sugars. Many people manage it with medication, insulin injections, and diet. However, if a person ...

Genetics play a role in type 1 diabetes. You may be more likely to develop this autoimmune condition if you have a parent or immediate family member with a diagnosis. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune ...

Once known as “juvenile” diabetes, type 1 diabetes was long considered a childhood disease. Although the condition is often diagnosed in children and teenagers, it can develop at any age. Type 1 ...

Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Patients with Type 1 diabetes have lost the specialized pancreatic cells that produce insulin, putting them at risk for dangerous seizures or loss of consciousness due to severe low ...

Each year, about 18,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the United States. And that number is increasing at a rate of 2.9% each year. Those statistics mean more and more ...

Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, but the majority of newly diagnosed cases still develop during childhood, even in children less than one year old. The younger the child, the more difficult it ...