Diabetes UK said up to one in three female diabetes sufferers under age 30 may be skipping insulin shots for weight related reasons, a practice known as diabulimia, The Daily Mail said Wednesday.
I have now seen it all! Come on people, are you kidding me? This is scary indeed. So instead of carrying 3-5 extra pounds, you choose to have heart disease, retinopathy, PVD, amputations, kidney failure and no eyesight?
We need to come up with a better way to transition juvenile diabetics into adult diabetics. There needs to be a support system and carefully address the …read more

A first in stem cell transplants. Yeah, I am soooo excited for the future.
Thirteen young diabetics in Brazil have ditched their insulin shots and need no other medication thanks to a risky, but promising treatment with their own stem cells — apparently the first time such a feat has been accomplished.
It is the first time that type 1 diabetics anywhere has gone with absolutely no medications and had normal blood sugars.
Though too early to call it a cure, the procedure has enabled the young people, who have Type I diabetes, to live insulin-free so far, some as long …read more