Tag: diabetes support

A GROUP which offers a lifeline to the unusually high number of people with diabetes in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is celebrating its first anniversary with a key event. Cumbernauld Diabetes Support Group will stage a conference in New Town Hall on Tuesday, June 28 - and as well as guest speakers has issued an open invite ...

(MURFREESBORO) – The final gatherings in a series of “Yes I Can” Diabetes Self-Management Workshops are slated for Tuesdays from 4:45-7:15 p.m. May 3-June 7 at the Health, Wellness and Recreation Center on Blue Raider Drive on the MTSU campus and Fridays from 1-3:30 p.m. May 6-June 10 at Adams Place, 1925 Memorial Blvd. in ...

OXFORD - For 36 summers, children with diabetes have come to Camp Hopewell for a week to learn to manage their disease, have fun and, surrounded by others who share and understand their challenges, to feel "normal." Throughout those 36 years, the outreach has been to those with Type I - formerly known as "juvenile" diabetes. "This ...

Wyatt Hobson has to check his blood sugar level about 20 times per day, including when he's at school. The third-grader at Olive Drive Elementary suffers from juvenile diabetes, Type 1, a chronic lifelong disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. It's a tough life, mother Brenda Hobson said, especially for a kid. "You're ...

Q. Last week, I was diagnosed to have diabetes when my annual medical examination showed my fasting blood sugar (FBS) to be 140 mg/dL. I was advised to diet (I am 50 lbs overweight) and exercise and to report for follow up after a month. Is it possible to treat diabetes without drugs? Is there ...

DENVER (CBS4) - The American Diabetes Association is teaming up with CBS4′s Fit 4 Colorado Campaign to help Coloradans get healthy. The Diabetes Expo at the Colorado Convention Center is set to have plenty of activities for the whole family. Those activities include A family fun zone, free health screenings and cooking demonstrations. Currently 316,000 people in ...

DIME’s announces the new Diabetes eJournal Club, an online continuing medical education (CME) activity designed to address gaps in knowledge and competence among physicians and other healthcare professionals who treat and manage patients with type 2 diabetes. In the first half of 2011, the Diabetes eJournal Club will meet on the first Tuesday of the ...

We've all heard of diabetes -- maybe even have it ourselves -- but how does it occur and what does it really do to our body? A temporary exhibit that recently opened at the Museum of Science will help you visualize what's happening beneath your skin and what to do to avoid or better manage ...

For many parents and kids with diabetes, diabetes camp is a saving grace. When everyday life can leave you feeling isolated, diabetes camp provides a comradery and a normalcy to life with diabetes, along with your typical camp experience including arts and crafts, bonfires, late night bunk gossip, and lots of singing! We bring this up ...

Arnot Health will offer a series of weekly educational classes for adults with diabetes to begin Feb. Classes will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the Health Center for Women on the Arnot Ogden Medical Center campus at 600 Fitch St., according to a news release. The class teaches participants ...