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Low blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, occurs in over 90 percent of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). It can usually be detected early on, with symptoms such as sweating, fatigue, hunger and/or irritability. In that case, people can eat or drink a fast-acting carbohydrate—like juice or glucose tablets—to bring the blood sugar back to healthy […]

It’s a devastating statistic: More than 90% of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) develop diabetic eye disease within 20 years of diagnosis. But thanks to Jennifer Sun, M.D., M.P.H., of Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, we’re making headway in the fight to prevent eye disease altogether. She is finding ways to diagnose eye disease […]

It’s a devastating statistic: 1 in 4 people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are affected by kidney disease. But thanks to Monika Niewczas, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., and Manoj Gupta, Ph.D., of Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, we’re making headway in the fight to prevent kidney disease altogether. They are finding ways to diagnose kidney disease […]

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can bring the fear of developing low blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, which can arise if someone takes too much insulin. Typically, one would take a simple carbohydrate—be it juice, candy or a glucose tablet—to bring the blood sugar back to normal range. Severe hypoglycemia means that another person—because the person with […]

The ADA’s Scientific Sessions is completed! Here, with the post-day recap, is Marlon Pragnell, Ph.D., head of the complications program at Breakthrough T1D, with a recap of type 1 diabetes complications research and results from the ADA conference:

In the United States, diabetic kidney disease, or DKD, is responsible for more than half of all new cases of end-stage renal (kidney) disease. What’s more, over the last few decades we saw improvements in all major diabetic complications, but end-stage kidney disease rates declined the least, and it is still a cause of premature […]