Living with the stigma of diabetes

(McGill University Health Centre) A team at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) report that teen and young adult (aged 14-24 years) type 1 diabetes sufferers often experience stigma, which leads them to neglect treatment and tread dangerously close to suffering medical emergencies. This study is the first of its kind to estimate the stigma prevalence in this age group and type 1 diabetes, which can lead to elevated HbA1c levels and severe hypoglycemia.