Researchers also found that one in five patients with diabetes needed a ventilator within a week.

COVID-19 is causing additional concern for people with diabetes, because exposure to the virus can lead to more severe symptoms and complications.

Thousands of people with Type 1 diabetes are hacking into their insulin pumps in an attempt to better control their condition. The DIY technique is called "looping."

"In June of last year, I was given an authorization to increase her drug coverage," said Delia Enevoldson of her mother Ilona's Sun LIfe insurance coverage.

Paul Kuspira's insulin pump is still working two years beyond its expected life expectancy, but the 32-year-old says he can't afford a $7,000-plus replacement that's necessary.

The term is used to describe the small number of people with apparent Type 2 diabetes who appear to have immune-mediated loss of pancreatic beta cells.

More than 2 million Canadians over the age of 12 have diabetes, yet many people don't know the warning signs.

New technologies like "closed-loop" systems are making it easier for people with Type 1 diabetes to manage their disease.

Historically, both types of diabetes have been considered inevitably degenerative — but that may no longer be the case.

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