For the parent of a child with diabetes, a little extra thought goes into every school day: What supplies will my child need? Who can help in an emergency? Here are answers to some big questions about sending your child off to school: Can my child carry diabetes supplies and insulin? Children who can test … Read more
Getting back into the routine of school takes a little more preparation for kids with diabetes, but it pays off over and over as the weeks and months go by. And since kids spend nearly half their waking hours in school, reliable diabetes care during the school day really matters. Some older students will be … Read more
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A passion for diabetes education, and for helping people who have diabetes, led Jackie McManemin to the Virginia Diabetes Council Schools Committee. As a certified diabetes educator and a registered nurse, working in the Fairfax County Health Department, Jackie understood the critical need to have a comprehensive, systematic approach to manage students with Type 1 … Read more
Submitted by Dr. Wood Are you thinking of becoming a MDPP supplier? Great News! It is a long road but achievable. As of April 2019, The Healthy Living Center a nonprofit education center located in Norfolk, Virginia was approved as Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program supplier. For the past three cohorts funding for the diabetes prevention … Read more
Advocacy helps your nonprofit meet its mission. Through advocacy efforts you can help others by, among other ways: Preventing loss of resources – you might be able to stop a proposal to slash funding that would hurt the communities you serve; Lowering barriers to broaden access to important services – you might be able to increase … Read more
Fresh News: How did you first become interested in diabetes education? JGP: My grandmother had diabetes and, I would have to say that in the late 1960’s, she truly suffered. That led to my interest to learn more and become more involved, resulting in a degree in nutrition and an internship in dietetics in the mid-1970’s. After … Read more
When you live with a chronic illness like diabetes, living life sometimes can seem hard.The constant monitoring of your blood sugar, weighing and counting all your food can seem time consuming and overwhelming. Not to mention the constant worry about complications lingering in the back of your mind. The stress alone of living with diabetes … Read more
The brain is responsible for sensing, coordinating, and responding to all sorts of cues in our bodies and our environments. We have long appreciated the role that the sense of smell plays in our selection and enjoyment of food. However, a new study shows that, at least in mice, the sense of smell is actually … Read more
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