If you'd like a pen pal or an e-mail friend, stop by and browse through the list. Add your own name while you're there. Jacob , diagnosed with juvenile diabetes on his 23rd day of life, joins the Children's Voices pages. The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Web site is under construction. Check in periodically to see how it's coming.
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the more feared complications of diabetes.
Visit the Retina Institure of Maryland and see photographs of a normal retina a retina with diabetic retinopathy , and a retina with proliferative diabetic retinopathy . People with diabetes face discrimination in the workplace. Be sure to read the diabetes statistics at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biomedical company that is developing several new drugs to help those with insulin-dependent diabetes. Learn more from reading their press releases .