Diabetes News Hound

Ray Allen is best known as one of the key components of basketball’s Boston Celtics, but he and his wife Shannon Allen are using their celebrity to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. (more…)

Teen pop stars the Jonas Brothers have helped raise a quarter million dollars at the ‘Rock for Diabetes’ event earlier this month (more…)

Rocker Bret Michaels, one of the world’s most famous Type 1 diabetics, still plans on attending Sunday night’s series finale of the Celebrity Apprentice despite suffering a warning stroke and finding out that he has a hole in his heart (more…)

Rocker Bret Michaels, one of the most famous Type 1 diabetics, advanced to the finals of the Celebrity Apprentice in a prerecorded episode that aired last night. (more…)

Austin Freeman, a rising star on the Georgetown Hoyas and the team’s leading scorer, was diagnosed with diabetes late last season after insisting something was wrong with his body. Originally it appeared he had caught the flu that was making its way through the team, but he was eventually rushed to the hospital with dangerously high blood sugar levels (more…)

In the last week, diabetes or a prominent person with the disease has been a part of a handful of primetime programs. It’s great for raising awareness and showing that people with diabetes are just as capable of great things as those without diabetes. (more…)

Janice Dickinson, the original supermodel and current judge on reality television competition “America’s Next Top Model” has helped the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation raise $20,000 towards finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes during its annual gala in San Francisco (more…)

A new contest entitled “Give Back. Simply Win” will focus on people with diabetes who are making a difference in their local communities. Winners will get to meet teen singing sensation Nick Jonas and have a $5,000 donation made in their name to a not-for-profit charitable cause of their choice. (more…)

Bret Michaels’ doctor says his Type 1 diabetes did not play a role in his recent brain hemorrhage. The former Poison frontman and contestant on pre-recorded Celebrity Apprentice episodes that are currently airing, has been discharged from the hospital. (more…)

Bret Michaels has had a good week both in reality and in reality television. The rocker who is recovering from a serious brain hemorrhage saw his condition significantly improve to the point where his manager said he may resume his tour later this month and reports surfaced that he may attend the live season finale of the Celebrity Apprentice. (more…)