In May 2020, Living Without Limits , featuring Helmsley grantee Life for a Child, won best NCD short film at the 2020 World Health Organization Health for All Film Festival. Helmsley contracted with the film’s producer, BBC StoryWorks, to make this film possible, with the goal of shining a light on... Read More
Incidence of T1D is increasing in children and adolescents, yet the causes of the autoimmune disease and methods to effectively prevent it are still unknown. In Bavaria, Germany, an innovative study is taking a major first step for type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevention – that is, identifying individuals... Read More
Endo ECHO’s telehealth model has changed one woman’s life. Twenty-year-old Kaycee May of Portales, New Mexico, is still new to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Yet in the three years since her diagnosis, she’s battled depression, graduated high school, married, and had a baby. She currently works at a day... Read More
In the U.S., millions of children and adults are living with type 1 diabetes, a complex autoimmune disease that requires careful management and constant monitoring. Unfortunately, a shortage of practicing endocrinologists – especially in rural, sparsely-populated areas of the country – means that... Read More