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February 2, 2010
American Diabetes Association Announces Kansas City, Missouri Native Amy Johnson as 2010 National Youth Advocate
Alexandria, VA – The American Diabetes Association announced that Amy Johnson, 17, of Kansas City, Missouri, will be the Association’s 2010 National Youth Advocate. Johnson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.
February 1, 2010
Improve Your Health – For Free?
Alexandria, VA – In an age of soaring health care costs and staggering diabetes prevalence, the American Diabetes Association announced today its 2010 schedule for free community health events throughout the country – the American Diabetes Association EXPO. By attending EXPO, people will be able to join the Association’s new movement Stop DiabetesSM and learn how to live healthy, be active, and change the future of the disease.
January 27, 2010
Diabetes Forecast Interviews Ballerina Zippora Karz about the Ultimate Balancing Act
Alexandria, VA – Having diabetes can feel like a balancing act among blood glucose (sugar) levels, food, exercise and the ways in which each of these elements affects day-to-day life. Add to this more than 12 hours of dancing each day in pointe shoes, late-night performances and flip-flopping diagnoses, and it’s no wonder that ballerina Zippora Karz “felt like a human yo-yo.”
January 26, 2010
Skipping Insulin Injections – What are the Risk Factors?
Alexandria, VA – More than half of people with diabetes who take insulin injections to control their diabetes say they have intentionally skipped an injection, with one-fifth of them reporting that they do so “sometimes” or “often,” according to a study being published this month in Diabetes Care.
January 20, 2010
American Diabetes Association Welcomes Newest Volunteer Leader To 2010 Research Foundation Board of Directors
Alexandria, VA – The American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce the newest member of its Research Foundation Board of Directors for 2010, Kenneth Moritsugu, MD, MPH of Falls Church, Virginia.
January 7, 2010
Nine Achievements in Diabetes in 2009
Alexandria, VA – In a year that will be remembered for swine flu and health care reform, the American Diabetes Association today released a year-in-review list on another topic that received major headlines in 2009: diabetes.
January 7, 2010
American Diabetes Association Announces New Board Members and Officers
Alexandria, VA – The American Diabetes Association, the nation’s largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop DiabetesSM, is pleased to announce its officers and members of its Board of Directors for 2010
December 29, 2009
American Diabetes Association’s New Clinical Practice Recommendations Promote A1C as Diagnostic Test for Diabetes
Alexandria, VA – The American Diabetes Association’s new Clinical Practice Recommendations being published as a supplement to the January issue of Diabetes Care call for the addition of the A1C test as a means of diagnosing diabetes and identifying pre-diabetes.
December 29, 2009
End Stage Renal Disease Declines Among People with Diabetes
Alexandria, VA – After rising steadily for years, the incidence of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, has begun a steady decline among people with diabetes, likely due to improvements in treatment and care that reduce dangerous risk factors, according to a study being published in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
December 24, 2009
“People with Diabetes Earn Important Victory Today”
Alexandria, VA – “The passing of health reform in the Senate is a historic moment for our nation and for all people affected by diabetes,” commented George J. Huntley, Chair of the Board, American Diabetes Association.
December 18, 2009
Diabetes Forecast Publishes 2010 Annual Diabetes Consumer Guide
Alexandria, VA – When shopping for a new cell phone or even a car, there are dozens of features to explore and choices to make. The same is true of shopping for medical products that will help manage a chronic disease. For many people with diabetes, it can be difficult to determine which products are right for them. But help is on the way: Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, is publishing its annual Consumer Guide in the January 2010 issue.
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