Beta Cell

There is so much information about managing diabetes that it's hard to know who to trust. So we try and figure it out.

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We unwrap the Oversight Committee's report on how pharmaceutical corporations keep the price of insulin so high.

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When Aunt Laura was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she expected the shots and carb counting, but she didn’t expect just how tiring the whole thing …

A short update on Maine bill LD 673, An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.

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100 years after the discovery of insulin, stories of people falling through the gaps in American healthcare.

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Craig and Hannah discuss how Beyond Type 1 accepting money from insulin makers caused him to resign from their Leadership Council.

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When Hannah tweeted at Montana House Rep. Jessica Karjala (D) about how her insulin co-pay cap bill wouldn’t actually help that many people with …

Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest day of the year for football, chicken wings, day drinking, and Dexcom? We break down the pros and cons (but mostly cons) of Dexcom’s first ever Super Bowl ad …

When Sierra Sandison was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in rural Idaho, she didn’t have anyone to talk to. Now that she does, she’s making sure she’s heard.

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Brec Bassinger (Stargirl) and Cameron Gellman (Hourman) fight together on-screen to save the world on Stargirl and they fight together off-screen against type 1 diabetes. Brec and Cameron …

Keary Cheney was in Uganda with her husband to adopt a boy when she started feeling sick. After flying back to the US and getting diagnosed with type …

In the latest issue of Esquire, Editor-in-Chief Michael Sebastian and Editor-at-Large Dave Holmes discuss being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as …

Kate Hall holds the high school national record and two NCAA championships in long jump. She talks about being a college athlete, her training for …

It’s that time of year when we're told to think about the ways we’re thankful for type 1 diabetes. But we all have lots of stories of when we were …

Matt was on the varsity rowing team at San Diego State University when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. A year and a half later, his little sister was diagnosed with type 1 as well. …

After he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Jordan started playing hockey to force himself to keep his blood sugars controlled. Even though the …

Abbey had been a competitive swimmer in high school, but after she was diagnosed with type 1 at 22 years old, it took a while to relearn how to swim, …

Lisa Hepner was studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. While she never hid the fact that she had T1D, she didn't open up …

Georgi Goldman, a documentary and television producer, talks about camps, knishes, and what happens if you're certified to scuba dive, but afraid the …

When you think of genes, you usually think of parents passing things down to their children. But what would happen if it went the other direction? …

In the summer 2017, the non-profit Beyond Type 1 put together a team of 20 people with type 1 diabetes from around to world to bike from New York to San Francisco over 10 weeks in an effort …

As a 38 year old triathlete, Dave was confused when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes just days after completing the 2009 New York City Marathon. …

As a kid, Jasmine hid the fact that she had T1D. She wasn't ashamed or afraid of being judged but was doing it so that other people wouldn't worry …

After being diagnosed with T1D at 25 years old, Deanna had to figure out how to make it fit into her life of dance and fitness. She talks about …

Will Pericak of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Jordan Morris MLS player on the Seattle Sounders talk about not letting T1D stop them from playing and excelling at the sports they love. This …

Blogger and playwright Jessie Bear talks about how an initial diagnosis with type 2 diabetes 2 ½ years ago has taken her on a journey of self-discovery, self-love, and even self-loathing. …

On World Diabetes Day this special “T1D Looks Like Me” episode of Beta Cell, features JDRF Chief Mission Officer, Aaron Kowalski talking about the differences between type 1 and type 2, the …

In this first special “T1D Looks Like Me” episode of Beta Cell, Greg and Kristina Dooley, proud parents of six year old triplets, share their story …

In the first year of Beta Cell, we had conversations with some truly inspiring people living with type 1 diabetes. We recap some of our favorite …

Grace Bonney is the founder of the popular design blog Design*Sponge. In January of 2016, at 35 years old, Grace was misdiagnosed with type 2 …

Trevor Torres was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in his freshman year of high school. He started calling himself the "Diabetes Evangelist" because he …

Libby Russell was diagnosed at 17 years old in 2005. While being a teenage girl is already pretty hard, adding type 1 diabetes made it that much more …

Robin Arzon is a corporate lawyer turned "Ambassador of Sweat." She is a running coach, cycling instructor, and ultra-marathoner. So it came as a …

Jim Natal was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 30 years old in 1978. 38 years later, he still struggles with maintaining the balance between …

Like many people who develop type 1 diabetes later in life, Cindy Goldstein was initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She struggled keeping her …

Rachel Zinman was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) at 48 years old. Being a yoga instructor for two decades, her diagnosis …

At 13 years old, Craig Stubing started experiencing the symptoms of extremely high blood sugar. Without any experience with type 1 diabetes, his …

Amanda Bar was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just 2 years old. Like many young people with T1D, she struggled with wanting to fit in …

Doris Gilbert first learned about type 1 diabetes when her daughter Laurie was diagnosed in 1974. Years later, after looking at the blood work from her own physical, Doris realized she had …