Could the next thing you read here change your life?

There’s news. And then there’s news. The news that comes out of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center can change lives. For people with diabetes and those who care for them, and about them. So it makes sense to stay on top of all the latest — with both Berrie Center Direct news and In the Headlines, the frequent media coverage we get based on our important and exciting findings and the authoritative voices that speak for us.

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Berrie Center Direct

There’s always something going on here at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. Promising research. Special events. Success stories from our patients and their families. Stop by often to see the latest.

Click on the links below to see what’s happening at the Berrie Center.


Scholarship Application Deadline

For Student Leaders and Scholars With Diabetes

The Diabetes Scholars Foundation Scholarship Program is available to incoming freshmen seeking a higher education at an accredited four-year university, college, technical or trade school. This scholarship recognizes students who are actively involved in the diabetes community, who have high academic performance, who participate in community and/or extra-curricular activities and who have...


Making Art at the MoMA

On a recent Saturday, a group of teens from the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center had the opportunity to tour the Museum of Modern Art and then create art of their own at a three-hour workshop sponsored by the MoMA Community and Access Programs and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. The reviews were spectacular!


The Wrong Diabetes Diagnosis

A Berrie Center Woman with T1D Makes the Right Call

Last August, doctors at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center worked with Kate Linebaugh, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, on telling an important health story that needed to be told to a larger audience.


2013 NYC Diabetes Research Panel

An Update On Science at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

“The reason I go to work in the morning is to cure diabetes,” Domenico Accili, MD, told an audience of 200 guests who attended the Berrie Center’s Diabetes Research Panel at the University Club in New York City on the evening of April 29. Dr.


Airport Scanners and Insulin Pumps

A Cautionary Report

If you are planning to fly and you have an insulin pump, you may want to consider the case of a New York City man who has had type 1 diabetes for over 40 years. He loves to travel, and his diabetes has never stopped him, especially now that he’s retired and plans to see the world. But recently, on a trip overseas, something unusual happened to him even before the flight took off.


“Kids With Diabetes Are Healthy Kids”

Says Barney Softness, MD, Berrie Center Pediatric Endocrinologist

He is a beloved member of the pediatric endocrinology team at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center as well as a practicing and popular general pediatrician.

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