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It’s time Canada funded advanced Type 1 diabetes treatment for everyone.
ABOVE: A woman with Type 1 diabetes injects insulin from an insulin pen into the subcutaneous tissue of the abdomen. EDITOR’S NOTE: Type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes) has no cure and there are no ways to prevent it. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition where the pancreas makes
When frontline heroes deal with health challenges at home
Frontline workers have been the heroes of the pandemic, but what is life like when they face family health challenges of their own? That is the case with Karen and Dave Henderson, both RNs at the General campus and parents of 6-year old daughter Sarah, who has been Type1 diabetic
Canadians with diabetes may be eligible for continuous glucose monitoring
Dexcom, a trailblazer in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), has announced that people suffering from type 1 diabetes, above the age of 2, may now receive provincial coverage for the Dexcom G6 CGM. The company is providing insurance covered CGM systems to select Canadian provinces. Dexcom manufactures continuous glucose monitoring systems
Managing Type 1 Diabetes: The Dexcom G6 has given me back peace of mind
Like many, I used to wrongly think that diabetes was a disease of the unhealthy, the obese, and the inactive. I had no idea about the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2. All that changed in an instant eleven years ago when as a fourteen-year-old, I was diagnosed
“What happens to our sons and daughters with disabilities when we die?”
By Al Etmanski Canada’s Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) is the first poverty-fighting tool for people with disabilities in the world. This remarkable example of federal/provincial/territorial cooperation, which was created in 2008, has already changed the lives of more than 150,000 Canadians with disabilities. Unfortunately, the RDSP is only reaching 29 per cent of those eligible. And
What Minister Lebouthillier Doesn’t Know About Diabetes.
When my son was 14 he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. It came out of nowhere. It was the long weekend before Labour Day; he was about to start grade 10. That summer he had an adolescent growth spurt. When a colleague met him that summer he jokingly asked
Sleep Apnea? How controlling your blood sugar could help
Robert, 45, is a business consultant and lives with his wife Susan and two children in Greely, Ottawa. About a year ago, he visited his family physician due to problems with his sleep. He explained to the doctor that for that last three months he had been waking up in the
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