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This fall, it’s important to remember that open enrollment for health insurance is right around the corner. For those of you on Medicare, beginning October 15 through December 7, you can make critical changes to your health insurance to ensure you’re receiving the best coverage at the best price. For people with type 1 diabetes […]

Bridget Wagner, Ph.D., is a chemical biologist who wants to find a compound that can repopulate the beta cells that have been lost in type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Leading researchers from around the world will gather for the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). At this year’s meeting, which will take place virtually from September 22-25, more than 40 studies will be presented by Breakthrough T1D researchers, funded now or in the past, working to find cures […]

The common belief for decades was that diligent monitoring of blood sugars and intensive insulin therapy had little consequence for people with diabetes. Then the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) took place. This trial, from 1983-1993, would find out if intensive insulin control warded off complications from the disease. (Hint: it does.) A lot […]

Four fearless female leaders for Breakthrough T1D who emulate the Veronica Beard brand share how Breakthrough T1D has made a difference for the T1D community

In the words of Colin Dayan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical diabetes and metabolism at Cardiff University: “Type 1 diabetes is almost the only major autoimmune disease now that does not have a licensed immunotherapy.” And he’s going to change that.

“I’d like to share a personal dream. A dream that one day children will be told, ‘like Polio, there once was a disease called diabetes. With your help, that dream may become a reality.” – Maurice Hertzfeld, testifying at the 1975 National Commission on Diabetes Rob Hertzfeld was 14 years old when he was diagnosed […]

“Even now I can hear that ghostly whisper from 48 years ago. The doctor’s voice, ‘Mrs. Greenspon, your son has diabetes.'” – Roz Greenspon, Charlotte, NC He was talking about Keith, 8 years old, the oldest of our 3 children. “But,” the doctor added as he exited the room, “Don’t worry. He’ll take insulin – […]

Accurate control of blood sugar for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) was not easy in the 1970s. At the time, the degree of diabetes control relied on patient history, urinary sugar and blood-sugar measurement at the time of the doctor’s visit. There was nothing that could tell you what your blood-sugar levels were for […]