diabetic children

The Other Kids with Diabetes

By AllisonN on December 19, 2011

We all know the stereotype of someone newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: an overweight adult, lethargic and unhealthy, right? Wrong. Just as society is still unclear on who can get type 1 diabetes (adults too!), type 2 diabetes is rising at alarming rates among children. Even if you don’t typically think this topic affects you personally, remember that all of these newly diagnosed young people with type 2 will become part of our diabetes…

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The Case of Insulin in California Schools

By AmyT on June 15, 2010

What happens if a state rules that ONLY NURSES can administer insulin to diabetic kids at school, but there are no more nurses?!  This is currently the case in California, broke and cutting school budgets left and right.  Now, a state appeals court has issued a ruling that finds state law means school staffers who are not trained nurses should not be allowed to give injections, under any circumstances.
A family in Pacifica, CA, writes…

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