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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
For young children with type 1 diabetes, days are filled with constant monitoring, finger pricking and insulin injections.
But one inventor is aiming to bring these children a bit of comfort during these activities, as well as to teach them the importance of staying healthy ? he created a teddy called Jerry the Bear, who also has diabetes.
Aaron Horowitz, CEO of tech startup Sproutel, grew up with a condition called human growth hormone deficiency, which also required frequent injections to treat.
After visiting children with type 1 diabetes in hospitals, Horowitz said he realized that their feelings of loneliness mirrored his own.
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-w...teddy-bear-could-help-kids-cope-with-diabetes
But one inventor is aiming to bring these children a bit of comfort during these activities, as well as to teach them the importance of staying healthy ? he created a teddy called Jerry the Bear, who also has diabetes.
Aaron Horowitz, CEO of tech startup Sproutel, grew up with a condition called human growth hormone deficiency, which also required frequent injections to treat.
After visiting children with type 1 diabetes in hospitals, Horowitz said he realized that their feelings of loneliness mirrored his own.
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-w...teddy-bear-could-help-kids-cope-with-diabetes