Inside Joslin

Monday, May 07, 2012

Barbara Wagler was 12 years old on Feb. 10, 1936 when her mother took her to get a Valentine’s Sundae at a local ice cream shop. That sundae sent Barbara to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Seventy-six years later, Barbara stood on stage at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston to receive her 75-Year Medal, only the 51st to ever be awarded by Joslin.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Earlier this year, the FDA placed a warning label on the class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.

Monday, April 09, 2012

Joslin Diabetes Center is partnering with the Y of Greater Boston to offer Joslin’s first community-based weight loss program for people with type 2 diabetes at their Waltham location. The 12-week program, starting on April 24, focuses on weight loss within the frame work of improving diabetes control and is modeled after the successes of the clinic-based Why WAIT program.

Monday, April 02, 2012

Danielle Handler, a junior at Newton North High School, is the 2012 Joslin Youth Ambassador.

“I’m excited to help Joslin Diabetes Center by reaching out to youth of all ages and raising awareness of the role that Joslin is playing in the treatment and cure of Type 1 diabetes,” said Danielle, of her new role.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) at the Joslin Diabetes Center is releasing Drag ’n Cook, an exciting new iPhone app designed to provide easy access to nutritional information for cooks and consumers. The app will be available for purchase on iTunes.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Stacey O’Donnell, R.N., C.D.E., has been a nurse educator at Joslin Diabetes Center for the last five years. She graduated from Curry College in 1996 and spent three years in the cardio thoracic and two years in the vascular intensive care units at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital before joining the staff at Joslin. Stacey also worked summers at Camp Joslin and the Clara Barton Adventure Camp, camps for children with diabetes.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Dorothy Jane Williams was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 75-and-one-half-years ago. And on Monday, she became a member of Joslin’s Medalist Study and was honored as the 49th recipient of Joslin’s 75-year medal.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

After two-and-a-half years of conference calls, meetings, and extensive literature review, a panel of doctors, including Howard Wolpert, M.D., Director of the Insulin Pump  and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Programs at Joslin, have compiled the findings of a number of studies on real-time continuous glucose monitors (RT-CGM) into a series of guidelines recommending the proper use of the devices.

Monday, December 05, 2011

Amy Campbell MS, RD, LDN, CDE, is a nutritionist at Joslin Diabetes Center and part of the Healthcare Services team that works on outreach projects that enable the Center to reach beyond our clinic to provide support for people with diabetes and those who care for them. 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

“We are primarily focused on trying to understand how people feel and think about themselves in relationship to diabetes in order to improve their health and their quality of life,” says John Zrebiec, L.I.C.S.W., director of Joslin’s Mental Health Services. Here he answers seven questions about diabetes and therapy.

Friday, June 10, 2011

After decades of research on type 1 diabetes, we still see huge gaps in our understanding of the autoimmune onslaught on the pancreas that triggers the disease. Jason Gaglia, M.D., a Joslin physician now opening his own lab here, and his colleagues use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of a powerful new method of visualizing the inflammation produced by the attack. Here he answers three questions about how this new technique will aid in understanding the disease.