Children form their sense of identity early, and toys play a surprisingly powerful role in that process. While children with ...

The new type 1 diabetes Barbie doll includes realistic medical features like a CGM monitor and insulin pump, promoting ...

Barbie has worn many hats —literally and figuratively since her debut in 1959. The iconic doll has traveled to space, ...

The latest Barbie slays in a chic blue polka-dot crop top, ruffled miniskirt, chunky high-top heels and an insulin pump. She ...

The new Barbie® doll features a CGM and insulin pump, and is dressed in a blue polka dot pattern to represent diabetes ...

Of the 23.1 million people in the U.S. population with diagnosed diabetes, 132,000 are children and adolescents under 18 years of age. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body's ...

Type 1 Diabetes in Kids. Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, usually presents during childhood and adolescence, though it can occur at any age.

Kids with type 1 diabetes need to balance the type and timing of their meals with the amount of insulin they take, as well as with their activity level. Routine, scheduled meals can be helpful.

Byrd told hardly anyone — not in junior high, not through four years of high school, not when he first arrived at SDSU in ...

The prevalence of diabetes in children shot up dramatically between 2000 and 2009, a new study shows. The amount of type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, climbed 21% from 2000 to 2009, to 1.93 ...

Type 1, previously known as juvenile diabetes, typically strikes children whose immune systems have killed off insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The disease is usually fatal if left untreated.

In a new Swedish study, kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes were more likely than their healthy siblings to develop a psychiatric disorder or to attempt suicide. “We suspected that we would find ...