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New Book Focuses on Care for People with T1D

The American Diabetes Association and Breakthrough T1D Join Forces to Identify What is Known – and Unknown – About Diagnosing and Treating Type 1 Diabetes from Birth to Senior Years Breakthrough T1D and the American Diabetes Association have teamed up to release a new book that will help clinicians better understand the best and most recent […]

Tom Walsh: Global Ford family fights type 1 diabetes

From Detroit Free Press When 4-year-old Albert Ford was diagnosed in 1997 with Type 1 diabetes, his father, Edsel Ford II, went to officials of the family business and asked, “Hey, what are we doing on this?” He was pleased to hear that Ford, where Edsel was a board director of the company founded by his […]

Greetings from Zoe Francis – Walk Family Team Leader

Hello Breakthrough T1D Walkers! It’s just May, but I’m already in the walk mood and I’m eager to get you in the walk mood, too. Sure, the walks are still several months away in October, but the fun starts on June 26 with our first walk kickoff event at the Oakland A’s MUG Root Beer […]

Walk to Cure Dates and Registration

Our walks are now open for registration!   We are busy planning what is going to be another great walk season and are here to answer any questions you may have about registering your team, walker information, and anything else you may need.    Please give us a call or send us an email with any […]

Volunteer Spotlight on Andrea Ivarsson

Andrea Ivarsson knows how to plan a Breakthrough T1D Gala – she has chaired four of them, three while living in North Carolina and now this year’s Hope Gala, taking place on May 18 at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. Her inspiration to volunteer so passionately is very close to her heart – her son Oskar was diagnosed […]

Final Voting Open for the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest

Final voting is open now through May 28, 2013, 12 PM EDT! Do you share our need for speed in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research progress? Then vote for one of the 10 finalists in the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest, hosted by Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD). From now until May […]

Final Voting Open for the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest

Final voting is open now through May 28, 2013, 12 PM EDT! Do you share our need for speed in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research progress? Then vote for one of the 10 finalists in the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest, hosted by Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD). From now until May […]

Final Voting Open for the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest

Final voting is open now through May 28, 2013, 12 PM EDT! Do you share our need for speed in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research progress? Then vote for one of the 10 finalists in the 2013 Our Everyday Heroes Race Car Design Contest, hosted by Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD). From now until May […]

Trenton Man Fights Diabetes With Body, Mind and Heart

From Trenton-Grosse Ile Patch Jim Bazner, 40, of Trenton, realized he had type 1 diabetes while in the United Kingdom on international assignment. By Nate Stemen Jim Bazner hadn’t given type 1 diabetes (T1D), also known as juvenile diabetes, much thought throughout adolescence or as an adult. It didn’t cross his mind when he won a state […]