CWD News
CWD President’s Medal for Innovation
Children with Diabetes is proud to announce the first CWD President’s Medal for Innovation. The award is presented to the health care professional(s) that exemplifies extraordinary leadership in using innovation and advancements of technology for insulin delivery and devices that help people with diabetes live a normal life. The annual award recipient(s) have been selected […]
Tackling Health Disparities for Non-Hispanic Black Americans
In honor of Black History Month, CWD wants to recognize some of the organizations that are working diligently towards reducing racial health disparities in the U.S. Before we can do that, we will provide some important context so that the challenges and the work are better understood. What are health disparities or inequities? Health disparities […]
Supporting Young Adults with Diabetes
Being a young adult is one of the most exciting times in life. Usually, it’s a period of life full of excitement and life changes. As a result, it can also be one of the most difficult times to manage diabetes.1 In fact, recent research has shown that less than 20% of people with type […]
Losing Weight with Type 1 Diabetes
Almost three-quarters of adults 20 years or older in the United States are overweight, with 42.5% of adults meeting the C.D.C.’s definition for obese.1 For people with type 1 diabetes, the incidence may be even higher according to studies over the past ten years, partially due to the increase in weight gain when on intensive […]
Closing the Loop in Our Youngest Kids
Automated Insulin Delivery is something that people with diabetes have been dreaming of for decades. Thanks to the advent of technologies such as the continuous glucose monitor (CGM), this dream has become more of a reality for people who have access to the latest hybrid closed-loop systems. These systems use the CGM data to adjust […]
Insulin Options in the US as of January 2022
There are many different types of insulin and different ways of taking it. No matter what type you use or how you take it, people with type 1 diabetes need two basic types of insulin: basal and bolus. The good news is that, right now, we have options, and the options keep changing. In this […]
Challenges in Flattening the Post-Meal Spike
People often say that managing diabetes is so difficult because you can eat the same thing every day, take the same dose of insulin, and have different blood sugars each day. This can be so frustrating and make people feel like they are failing at their diabetes. But getting the bolus for meals right depends […]
What the Research Says About COVID-19 and Type 1 Diabetes: January 2022 Update
We are entering the third January with COVID-19 top of mind for many scientists, health care professionals, researchers, and people in general. We all hoped to be out of the pandemic by now, but alas, here we are. The good news is we have learned a lot about the virus since the beginning of the […]
New Years Tips for People with Type 1 Diabetes
It’s that time of year again-the time where we all consider making positive changes in our lives for the coming calendar year. And, what better than to make a diabetes-related new year’s resolution? We’ve curated a list of tips to help improve your diabetes self-management based on the last year of research articles reviewed by […]
The Advantages of Inhaled Insulin
For years, people will diabetes have been faced with many challenges, including finding insulin that helps prevent post-meal spikes in blood sugars. While many pump users can try to bolus up to 30 minutes before eating or try extended bolusing, not everyone uses a pump. As an alternative to giving oneself multiple injections of fast-acting […]
