Coping with T1D During Stressful and Uncertain Times
Expert advice from a Licensed Professional Counselor who also lives with T1D.
Navigating the Psychosocial Impacts of T1D on Children During Quarantine
Becky Lois, Ph.D., discussed how parents can help children cope with the psychosocial challenges of living with T1D during quarantine.
Zucara Faces “Valley of Death,” and Comes Out Triumphant
Low blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, is a real fear for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Although there are rescue treatments for it, there are no preventive therapies. Zucara Therapeutics, however, may have an answer. It is developing a once-daily therapy that restores glucagon. Adding glucagon raises blood-sugar levels, preventing hypoglycemia and the symptoms that […]
Strengthening Type 1 Diabetes Science by Building Careers
Sometimes, the funding that Breakthrough T1D can provide for researchers is exactly the invitation they need to get into the field of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Other times, sustained grants are the critical boost that someone with more experience needs in order to branch out and establish his or her own lab. Creating and […]
Saving Vision, Changing Lives
Several decades ago, type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients brought their seeing-eye dogs into the offices where Jennifer Sun, M.D., MPH., now works. The complications of T1D had severely compromised or cost the patients their eyesight. Today, work led by Dr. Sun is changing all that. We share Dr. Sun’s work as part of our Meet […]
A Scientist Sees Kidney Disease Through New Eyes
Monika Niewczas is keenly focused on kidneys. Specifically, making sure that they don’t stop working when someone develops type 1 diabetes (T1D). Niewczas, an M.D., Ph.D. and M.P.H., works as an assistant investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. For the past 15 years, she has worked […]
Can Prozac Prevent Severe Low Blood Sugar?
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 […]
