CWD News
What is Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a condition where you have too much fat built up in your liver, and it can cause damage. It is estimated that 10-20% of the United States population has this condition and it can be hard to identify because many of the symptoms are silent.1 One of the major risks and concerns with this condition is developing scar tissue on the liver which causes permanent damage to the organ. The liver and the pancreas have a harmonious relationship for keeping blood glucose levels in range for healthy people, and in diabetes the communication is […]
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You’re Just my Type (of Diabetes)
Diabetes started out as one condition describing “sweet urine,” and then evolved into type 1 and type 2. Now there are many known variations of diabetes, and a new article in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine discusses the importance of knowing someone’s diabetes type. Generally speaking, people with type 2 diabetes still produce some insulin, but the cells in the body are resistant to letting the insulin take action. When it comes to type 1 diabetes, the body has an autoimmune response and stops making insulin. There are also some types of diabetes caused by other conditions called secondary […]
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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glycemic control in children and adolescents
Many (or all) of us are becoming burnt out from the pandemic and all of the changes in our normal habits and schedules. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought various stages of lockdown to different parts of the world, and in some places it was shown to improve blood glucose control (such as in Spain.) But a new article out of Saudi Arabia showed that lockdown for teens and adolescents between April and June 2020 actually made glucose control for people with diabetes there worse. The study looked at 150 patients, with the average age was about 12 ½ years old, […]
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Want to join the team?
Whether you are looking to continue your training, jumpstart your year’s activity motivation or if you just want to get involved in a CWD community that is a little more focused on activity, visit the TeamCWD page! Here, we are all about peer support and motivation when it comes to being active. Being active doesn’t mean you have to be training for a marathon, it just means getting a little bit more movement throughout the day! TeamCWD is for kids of all ages! And it’s not a fundraiser, but instead it’s a FUNRAISER! More puns where that one came from […]
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Writing Diabetes into a Feature Film: A Discussion with Screenwriter Chris Sparling
Ever wonder how writers bring diabetes to the big screen? Our team connected with Chris Sparling, screenwriter for the upcoming movie GREENLAND, to find out more about weaving diabetes into the narrative. From IMDB: A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic […]
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Thanksgiving Carb Counts
Looking for fewer SWAG* boluses this Thanksgiving? Here’s a handy holiday meal carb counting resource that you can save on your smartphone and pull out discreetly while calculating a bolus. For more tips on how to handle the holidays, visit our holiday meal tip page! * SWAG – scientific, wild-@$$ guess
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Creating a Green & Orange Future
A message from CWD’s Director of Development: Dear Fiffles, Thank you for your outpouring of support this week for our $15,000 Challenge! We told you that a generous CWD supporter has offered a $15,000 donation to Children with Diabetes IF we can do something we’ve never done before – receive 250 individual donations of at least $10 each this week! We need 58 donations by TOMORROW NIGHT! Please help us by sharing and donating now. You can donate directly at cwd.is/match2020. I had the opportunity to speak with Leigh Fickling this week, a CWD Staff and Faculty Member and mom […]
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Time to Curl Up with a Good Book!
The seasons are changing; days are getting shorter, weather is getting colder, and there is NO better time to curl up with a good book! Our CWD Library is full of curated titles from the diabetes space, featuring characters living with diabetes, written by authors living with diabetes, or sharing information that benefits people with diabetes. Whatever book you check out, our library has plenty of informative titles to pull from. We have books for kids with diabetes, fictional stories about characters with diabetes, and informative, science-based books to help educate and inspire. Visit the all-new CWD Library and see what’s […]
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Share and Share Alike
Writer and parent of a growing kid with diabetes, Stacey Simms, told a story about sharing the data from her son’s CGM with her mother. “I wanted to remove her from Dexcom entirely. What could she do from 700 miles away except worry? But she asked me to keep it, explaining that she felt that she could learn a lot about Benny’s diabetes.” What kinds of discussions help make sharing diabetes data easier, and more effective, for everyone? Read Stacey’s column and let us know your thoughts about diabetes data sharing in this week’s poll!
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Honoring Your Hunger
Did you catch Kim Rose, RDN, CDE at last week’s Screenside Chat? Don’t worry – we have the video in our archives, available on demand! Check out Kim’s perspectives on dealing with food guilt, honoring your hunger, and making food make sense. You can watch the video here, and if you missed any of our Sunday chats, you can catch all of the past discussions from our Screenside Chat series!
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