Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

In the United States today, about 200,000 children aged 20 years or younger have type 1 diabetes (Article where came from on desk). Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) works very diligently to find a cure for this disease. To gather research for this topic, interviews were held with four people who are closely involved with JDRF and type 1 diabetes (T1D). In depth research was also done on the foundation and the horrible disease that takes people’s lives daily, known as T1D. T1D has many heartbreaking side effects, is very difficult to live with and can also be very expensive to maintain. JDRF is doing everything in their power to help put an end to T1D. JDRF is raising money to find a cure by holding fundraisers, working with scientists…

educating teens about healthy habits and proper diabetes care. Part of me wanted to remind her again that she should carry insulin with her at all times, but I knew that what she needed now more than ever was a reminder that we cared about her and that we wanted her to get well. Sure enough, we coaxed a smile out of her, which was all I needed to remind me…

the Evidence Based Practice Proposal is Type 1 Diabetes. I want to know what interventions can be provided such as education that will encourage patients with this disease to maintain better control of blood glucose levels. A hemoglobin A1c level is an indicator of how well controlled the patients’ blood sugar levels are, and how well they manage their diabetes over the course of three to four months. The hemoglobin A1c test is checked by having blood drawn or by using a machine and finger prick…

her son had just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I could tell from the sound of Trasi’s voice that she was having a hard time. I didn’t know very much about type 1 diabetes and couldn’t comprehend what she was going through. Over the past two years, Trasi has explained to me all she goes through on a daily basis and it is so hard to believe all that she has to do to keep her son alive. I decided to interview Trasi to try to understand more what it is like to live with a child who has type 1…

Stem cell research is a widely controversial topic in many different areas of everyday life; science and religion are the big two. People in the religious field find embryonic stem cell research to be against what God says about human life. Scientists see stem cell research as the best way to learn as much about human life as possible. A new breakthrough in stem cell research, the idea of encapsulated cell therapy, may be just what scientists need to change the opinions of many people. Stem cell…

On October 2003, Ed Riley, my dad rode 100 miles through Death Valley. He was 38 years old and along with 1,000 other people they were riding to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or the JDRF. The JDRF, is an organization that is leading in funding for type 1 diabetes. George Hincapie who has raced in the Tour de France 17 times, won 3 US national road championships, and has competed 17 times in the Paris-Roubaix. He was the one leading the group from the East Coast. It was 97…

Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 on Wednesday. The actress, best known for her roles in television sitcoms, died at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut due to cardiopulmonary arrest brought upon by pneumonia. Moore was survived by her husband, Dr. Robert Levine, whom she married in 1983, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actress was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 33 and in recent years, nearly got blind due to the disease. The illness inspired Moore to advocate for…

Schools: A New Look at Legal and Medical Issues. Journal Of Catholic Education, 18(2) This article takes a look at how Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 or juvenile diabetes can possibly be a legal matter that educators need to be aware of. Questions that were raised while I read this article were can I administer insulin to a student and what are the legal issues of it in North Carolina? The author, Mike Huggins, discusses what are the challenges with Type 1 diabetes, what is the state law, insulin…

first I want to talk about this epidemic of diabetes. Diabetes is on the rise at an alarming rate in America. Chances are you know someone close to you that is a diabetic or you may be one yourself. Statistics from the Center for Disease Control show that 29 million Americans are diabetic and another 86 million are pre-diabetic. It is affecting people from all walks of life, all demographics, all income levels, and all ages this country spends over a quarter trillion dollars a year on this…

The increase in chronic illnesses like Juvenile Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Hypertension in urban communities has been cause for alarm, the trending common factor being the sendentary lifestyle of a community. The CDC has stated that “between the 1970’s and 1980’s approx.. five percent of children were obese, by 2000 that number had jumped to over 13% were obese. Leveling off in 2010 statistics indicated pedicatric obesity to be at approx. 18% whereas in contrast adults are at 31%”. (Mersch)…