Audrina a pediatric patient does a gymnatics floor routine

Landing on Her Feet with Type 1 Diabetes

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, a pediatric patient outside

Finding Support at Joslin Pediatrics

Finding Support at Joslin Pediatrics

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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High School Student Raises Money for Joslin Child Life Program

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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Beth Israel Lahey Health and Joslin Diabetes Center Sign Letter of Intent

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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Who Really Needs the Hepatitis B Vaccine?

People with diabetes have twice the odds of becoming infected with this liver disease.
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Joslin's Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas Named the National Kidney Foundation's President-Elect

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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Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19

“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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Why Wait Group 2020

15th Anniversary of Why WAIT program

15th Anniversary of Why WAIT program

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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Joslin Recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

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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Joslin Diabetes Center Remembers Trustee Richard A. “Dick” Smith

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...
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Cyber Security

Notice of the Blackbaud Cyber Incident

Notice of the Blackbaud Cyber Incident

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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Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights into the cause of type 2 diabetes

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...
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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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