“When I’m playing soccer, I need to ensure my blood sugar is in the right range,” Cataldo said. “If it’s too high, I can become fatigued. But if it’s too low, I can become disoriented or even pass out.”
It’s a life 10-year-old Maria Muayad can relate to all too well, since she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years ago.The two girls testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday about living with type 1 diabetes as lawmakers weighed the benefits of a federally funded program called the Special Diabetes Program .SDP is a program for research and clinical trials focused on prevention, treatment and potential cures for type 1 diabetes.The program has been in place for the last 25 years.
“It’s put now life changing therapies in our hands and brought us closer to cures,” Dr. Aaron Kowalski, CEO of JDRF, formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation said.HCA Healthcare announces data breach of some patient data She pointed to new devices such as continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps which were not readily available to people with type 1 diabetes when she was first diagnosed.
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