Landing on Her Feet with Type 1 Diabetes
Audrina is an active 8-year-old who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes the day after her 5th birthday. She is an avid gymnast and has competed in multiple gymnastic competitions. At one of the most...
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Melinda is 18-years-old and is currently a freshman at Suffolk University . In her free time, she likes to play lacrosse, go shopping, and go for walks around Boston to places like Newbury Street...
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Aayush, a 16-year-old high school student from Weston, MA, organized a local service project to benefit Joslin's Child Life program , which helps children and adolescents incorporate the management of...
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Cambridge and Boston, Mass. (November 12, 2020) – Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and Joslin Diabetes Center (Joslin) have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to explore opportunities for...
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BOSTON – ( November 2 , 2020) – T cells with a biomimetic-designed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) can specifically target and eliminate pathogenic T cell populations, according to new research...
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People with diabetes have twice the odds of becoming infected with this liver disease.
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The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) national governing board of directors has named nephrologist Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston as the president-elect, with a term as...
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“I’m always happy when patients say, yes, I’m not going out, I’m wearing a mask, I’m doing as much as I can. But it makes it harder for people to meet their fitness goal, which is such a critical...
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This week marks the 15 th anniversary of Joslin’s Why WAIT program, one of the longest-running programs in Joslin’s history. Why WAIT started on September 28th, 2005 as the world’s first...
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We are pleased to share that Joslin has once again been acknowledged by the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Diabetes Recognition Program (DRP) for the high-quality care provided by...
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Renowned businessman was leader in health care philanthropy BOSTON – (September 21, 2020) — Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, mourns the loss of Richard A. “Dick” Smith...
Read more on Joslin Diabetes Center Remembers Trustee Richard A. “Dick” Smith The Relationship Between CGM-Derived Metrics, A1C, and Risk of Hypoglycemia in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Dr. Toschi and Dr Munshi from the Joslin Diabetes Center provide insight on CGM metrics and risk of hypoglycemia in older patients with type 1 diabetes, a post-hoc analysis a baseline data of our...
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Joslin Diabetes Center (“Joslin”) is providing notice of a cyber incident that may affect the security of some information relating to certain individuals associated with Joslin, including donors and...
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BOSTON – (September 3, 2020) – Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialized precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel...
Read more on Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights into the cause of type 2 diabetes Transplanted brown-fat-like cells hold promise for obesity and diabetes
Studies in mice offer a proof of concept that ‘HUMBLE’ cells, created from human white fat, can treat metabolic diseases. BOSTON – (August 26, 2020) – Obesity is the main cause of type 2 diabetes and...
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