15-year-old Elise Cataldo has never known life without type 1 diabetes.
The teen says she still remains active but has constant reminders of her condition.
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 .
“This enduring investment has enabled us to take on challenges beyond what we could support with NIH’s regular appropriations and to perform critical trials unlikely to be done by the private sector,” said Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of NIDDK. 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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