After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, more than half of patients have a “honeymoon phase” during which the pancreas continues to make insulin in limited amounts. This phase may last for days, weeks, or even months, until all the insulin- producing beta cells are destroyed. Now a new study has shown that patients who exercised during the first months of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes experienced a longer honeymoon phase than patients who did not. Read more