At the moment there are 1400 organizations and societies in Germany, all striving to improve the plight of people with diabetes. At last we have succeeded in forming an organization, diabetesDE, within which all can work together. DiabetesDE will commence January 1, 2009.

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Robert G. Spiro is a physician and research scientist who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 54 years without developing any complications of this disease. 
He was born in Berlin in 1929 but had to flee Germany because of Nazi religious persecution although his family had resided there since the early Middle Ages.

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When adolescents with diabetes meet their first boy or girlfriend, parents need to talk with them not only about contraception but also about the effects intimate activity will have on their diabetes. It helps if the parents are already well informed, and that the son or daughter has done previous reading on the subject. 

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Have you ever asked yourself if your child’s bad marks at school are because of his/her diabetes? Here we present an overview of the possible causes of perceived poor performance, and the latest research findings in this area.

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When the first snowflakes begin to fall and the snow thickens, it is time to start enjoying the winter outdoors. With the right preparation, children and adolescents with diabetes are just as able to romp around in the snow as all the others.

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Not everybody who has type 1 diabetes is automatically thin. There are some children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes that are overweight. Why is this? What can be done about it? Professor Martin Wabitsch, expert on diabetes and obesity, has the answers.

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