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Nov 21, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Karen Hawthorne |Diabetes Canada
All Max Domi ever wanted to do was play hockey. He grew up in the sport with the same feisty passion of his famous dad, Tie Domi, who played 16 seasons in the NHL including a decade in Toronto. (He has the same stocky build and incredible power.) But no one saw the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes that would complicate the demands on his body in such an intense sport. Domi was diagnosed at age 12 with the chronic autoimmune disease that destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Angelica Bottaro |Diabetes Canada
For Canadians living with type 2 diabetes, managing their disease amongst the daily stressors of life can be difficult. That challenge is often compounded by stigma, discrimination, and well-meaning but often detrimental unsolicited advice from friends, family members, or even “health influencers” on social media.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Angelica Bottaro |Diabetes Canada
This article was produced by the Healthing editorial team with the support of a grant from Diabetes Canada. While Diabetes Canada made the production of this article possible, they did not have any editorial influence or control over the content, including review prior to publication. Diabetes is prevalent in Canada. According to Diabetes Canada, roughly 30 per cent of Canadians live with diabetes or prediabetes, with 15 per cent living with an undiagnosed case.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Karen Hawthorne |Diabetes Canada
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 12 – but the chronic autoimmune disease didn’t stop him from becoming a player in one of the toughest sports around. It’s a balancing act of testing his blood sugar levels, watching his diet and adjusting insulin doses to avoid severe dips or spikes in blood sugar that would impact his game.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Wendy Haaf |Diabetes Canada
Wendy Haaf, Postmedia Content Works In addition to a demanding government job and co-managing a household, Kimberley Summers of St. John’s, NL has a time-consuming side hustle. Diagnosed with type 1 (T1D) diabetes at age two, the 53-year-old spends untold hours every month managing the condition to maximize her chances of avoiding more life-altering complications than she has already endured.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
globenewswire.com | Diabetes Canada |Lindsay Kwan
Toronto, ON, Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diabetes Canada is asking people in Canada to make time for diabetes this November, Diabetes Awareness Month, by learning more about this complex condition and sharing that knowledge with their communities. Diabetes Canada’s “Let’s Make Time” campaign aims to inspire more understanding, awareness and empathy for people living with diabetes in the organization’s efforts to change the conversation around this condition.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Diabetes Canada
There's arguably not a billionaire money manager that garners more attention on Wall Street than Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) chief, Warren Buffett. The accurately dubbed "Oracle of Omaha" has led his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a mouthwatering aggregate return of more than 5,600,000% since he became CEO almost six decades ago. Riding Buffett's coattails has been a surefire long-term investment strategy.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Karen Hawthorne |Diabetes Canada
When you have diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, there can be a lot of worry over low blood sugar. It happens when the glucose in your blood is lower than the standard range because you may not have eaten enough, for example, exercised too strenuously or taken too much diabetes medication like insulin to keep your blood sugar in a healthy range. Even stress can have this effect. Glucose is the primary energy source for your body, so when it drops low, you could feel shaky, dizzy and even nauseous.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
globenewswire.com | Diabetes Canada |Lindsay Kwan
Toronto, ON, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diabetes Canada has unveiled the key findings of a first-of-its-kind national survey on how widespread stigma, judgement and discrimination is for those who live with diabetes and the impact of those social experiences on the quality of life for people with diabetes.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
healthing.ca | Angelica Bottaro |Diabetes Canada
Canadians living with diabetes will soon have access to the first-of-its-kind drug, Awiqli, a long-acting insulin injectable that is taken once per week. The drug, developed by Novo Nordisk, aims to provide another, more convenient option for people who use insulin injections to manage their blood sugar levels.
