SL is 17 years old, with type 1 diabetes. SL uses an insulin pump and checks glucose levels before meals and at bedtime. SL started track team at high school … Continue reading Question of the Week | April 28, 2020
As health care professionals and Diabetes Specialists, how do we prepare people with diabetes for the possibility of a COVID-19 infection and hospitalization? What are best practices to care for … Continue reading COVID-19 & Diabetes| What Health Care Professionals Need to Know – FREE Webinar
PBS is streaming a new documentary, Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic that follows the diabetes epidemic in the United States. “It’s time to stop victim-shaming people with diabetes,” … Continue reading Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic | Free Resource Friday
Medtronic announces the launch of their Next-Gen Bluetooth automated insulin delivery (AID) and CGM systems! At last year’s Advanced Technologies and Treatment for Diabetes (ATTD) Conference in Berlin, Germany, Medtronic … Continue reading Technology Thursday | Medtronic Announces Latest Diabetes System
You are working with KS, a 57-year-old with type 2 diabetes and an A1c of 6.8%, who wants to join the water aerobics program at their local YMCA. KS has … Continue reading Question of the Week | April 21, 2020
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the CDC recommends everyone wears a cloth face-mask when in public. In addition to washing our hands frequently and maintaining a 6ft. distance … Continue reading DIY Cloth Face-Masks | Mindful Monday
Click here to read our entire April Newsletter At a local hospital, a person in their mid-40s, with type 2 diabetes was admitted for treatment of COVID-19 and Diabetes Ketoacidosis … Continue reading April Newsletter | COVID-19 & Best Diabetes Care
Hopeful news. DPP-4 inhibitors may contribute to a lowered risk and progression of acute respiratory complications for people with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19. According to commentary in Diabetes Research … Continue reading Can DPP-4 Inhibitors Help Treat COVID-19 in People with Diabetes?