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Question of the Week | May 5, 2020

May 5th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on Question of the Week | May 5, 2020

JR is 49 with type 2 diabetes and is admitted to the hospital for congestive heart failure. His home diabetes medication includes metformin 2000 mg daily. GFR is 53 and … Continue reading Question of the Week | May 5, 2020

2020: The Year of the Nurse | Mindful Monday

May 4th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on 2020: The Year of the Nurse | Mindful Monday

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually, starting with National Nurses Day on May 6th (this Wednesday), through Florence Nightingale’s, the founder of modern nursing, birthday, on May 12th! I am … Continue reading 2020: The Year of the Nurse | Mindful Monday

COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page | Free Resource Friday

May 1st, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page | Free Resource Friday

For this week’s Free Resource Friday, we want to share with you our new COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page! Over the past weeks, we have been collecting resources to learn … Continue reading COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page | Free Resource Friday

COVID-19 and Diabetes: CGMs in Hospital Improve Care | Tech Thursday

April 30th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on COVID-19 and Diabetes: CGMs in Hospital Improve Care | Tech Thursday

What does it feel like to be ill with COVID-19 as a person with diabetes? Much of the novel virus COVID-19 is still a mystery that we learn more about … Continue reading COVID-19 and Diabetes: CGMs in Hospital Improve Care | Tech Thursday

Question of the Week | April 28, 2020

April 28th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on Question of the Week | April 28, 2020

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

COVID-19 & Diabetes| What Health Care Professionals Need to Know – FREE Webinar

April 27th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on COVID-19 & Diabetes| What Health Care Professionals Need to Know – FREE Webinar

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

Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic | Free Resource Friday

April 24th, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic | Free Resource Friday

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

Technology Thursday | Medtronic Announces Latest Diabetes System

April 23rd, 2020 / Beverly Thomassian / Comments Off on Technology Thursday | Medtronic Announces Latest Diabetes System

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