JDRF - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

A US study has found that adults who have had type 1 diabetes since childhood are living longer lives, but their mortality rate is still significantly higher than the general population.

The study, conducted in Pennsylvania, observed more than 1000 patients who were born between 1965 and 1979 and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 18.

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After an eventful year that peaked with his win on Dancing with the Stars, Rob Palmer is sending special Christmas wishes to all those affected by type 1 diabetes (pictured left, click image for full-size version).

JDRF sends a special Christmas thank you to Rob for selecting JDRF as his charity for Dancing with the Stars, which resulted in a significant donation to type 1 diabetes research.

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Have you ever been on a rollercoaster?  Other rides make pretty sounds and have pretty colors, but that doesn’t compare to the exhilaration of travelling upside down or doing loop the loop at 100 kilometres an hour. I love the anticipation of the slow climb up, up, up, then the wild feeling of being out of control until the next climb. It can take your breath away.

My name is Mel.  I have two beautiful children and a loving husband.  We live in an average house in an average street.  I have a job but the career that I find the most challenging is motherhood. My children make me laugh in uncontrollable raptures, cry happy tears, worry more than I ever thought I could. Like most mothers, when my children are in pain I wish that I could bear it myself.

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A Finnish study has reported that children at a high risk of developing type 1 diabetes were more likely to develop autoantibodies associated with type 1 diabetes when given normal cows’ milk formula rather than hydrolysed or chemically broken down milk formula.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, observed 230 Finnish children for 10 years. Researchers compared the development of autoantibodies in children given normal cows’ milk formula and children given hydrolysed (chemically broken down) milk formula during infancy, when breast milk was unavailable.

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Piloting an airplane used to be one of the career possibilities that was closed off to people with type 1 diabetes. Now, with strict medical guidelines to reach, those with type 1 diabetes can consider a career in the air.

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has changed its regulations to allow people with type 1 diabetes to pilot planes in some circumstances.

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