KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. 

A diagnosis of Type-1 Diabetes can take an emotional toll on patients that could increase the effects of the disease itself. A new study from UCSF focuses on ways to manage a diabetes patients emotions to improve how they navigate the disease. 

For more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Suneil Koliwad, an endocrinologist and an expert in diabetes, obesity, and metabolism at UCSF Health