If you are sending a child off to college who has diabetes, it could be difficult to manage their condition on campus.
Dr. Ania Jastreboff, a pediatric endocrinologist with Yale Medicine, tells parents and students how to plan.
- July 03, 2017Source: New Haven Register
The hospital where the insulin pump was created ranks fourth nationally this year by U.S. News and World Report for its pediatric diabetes and endocrine services.
- February 27, 2017
Professor of pediatrics Dr. William Tamborlane has been selected to receive the 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
- January 29, 2016Source: YouTube/YaleMedicine
Video about Diabetes Timeline
- November 06, 2015
Many people are aware that children and teens who are overweight or obese are at risk for type 2 diabetes, but the obesity epidemic also affects those with type 1 diabetes.
- September 25, 2015
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, a time to think about the fact that one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems, including type 2 diabetes. Pediatric endocrinologist Sonia Caprio, MD, recalls a time when obesity was so rare in children that they didn’t get type 2 diabetes, which was referred to as “adult onset diabetes.” Today, because childhood obesity has escalated, type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise. “Diabetes is coming on board at least two decades earlier than what we saw in the past,” said Dr. Caprio.
- May 02, 2012
Approach allows for individual needs, patient education and choice.
- January 08, 2009
The Yale Diabetes Center has a dedicated space for the treatment and education of adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.