Tag Archives: ‘caught

Childhood diabetes: ‘Always trust your gut as a mother. Instinct brought me to the doctor and we caught it early’

Most of us understand diabetes as the type 2 form of the disease, the condition that causes the level of sugar in the blood to become higher than normal. However, type 1 diabetes is a very different sort of illness. It is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the insulin… Read More »

What The New York Times didn’t say about a woman ‘caught in the crossfire’ between insurers and drugmakers

October 5, 2018 Posted By Categories Mary Chris Jaklevic is a reporter-editor at HealthNewsReview.org. She tweets as @mcjaklevic. A photo of Mackenzie Ames is posted on the FH Foundation web site above her column entitled “A New FH Family.” This week a New York Times story introduced readers to a young woman with a genetic… Read More »