From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Facebook Groups Launched for the Walks

by Patrick McKowen on August 28, 2009

We want to make it easy for you to connect online with other people in the type 1 diabetes community. To start, we created regional Groups on Facebook.  Become a member of one of these groups, share fundraising ideas for the Walk, helpful resources for life with type 1, and begin to make new friends in your community.  Contribute to the Group page by posting your photos and links to videos.

A list of the Groups can be found on the Connect Online page on the Walk website. http://www.curetype1.org/walk/connect-online.html

JDRF also offers Parents’ Networking Support Groups around the Bay Area.  These groups are run by JDRF volunteers and are open to the public.  For a list of dates and locations go to http://www.curetype1.org/walk/outreach-events.html

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Why Walk?

by Greg Martin08.14.2009

More than three million people are living with type 1 diabetes in the United States today.   More than 75,000 people in just the Bay Area are living with diabetes.  Did you know that 30,000 people will be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this year?

Type 1 diabetes is a devastating disease which strikes children and adults [...]

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FDA Alert

by Greg Martin08.14.2009

August 14, 2009
The FDA has issued an alert about the possibility that people with type 1 diabetes who take certain medicines that contain non-glucose sugars might get falsely elevated readings from home blood sugar monitors if they use a specific kind of test strip.  These false high readings could be dangerous, because they might mask [...]

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