Just in time for Diabetes Awareness Month: Make Learning about diabetes fun!

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. As part of your Diabetes Awareness activities, consider including our FREE Bingo game as a fun addition!

This educational tool is designed to increase participant’s knowledge of diabetes self-management terms and goals of care. It’s an invaluable resource for kinesthetic learners and makes learning upbeat and easy.

Players learn about diabetes management while having fun! DiaBingo is a must-have for support groups and in the classroom setting.

The questions are designed by our experts to help players become informed about diabetes and self-care in an upbeat and entertaining way. You are welcome to customize these questions as needed to make it relevant to your group.

Up to 30 Can play! Answers sheets and questions are available in English and Spanish. 

This free download includes:

• 2 DiaBingo Master Question and Answer Sheets
• 30 DiaBingo Answer Cards in English and Spanish

Simply print out the player cards and choose items to use as markers to get started.

This FREE DiaBingo has been reviewed for accuracy by Coach Beverly and is up to date for 2019! Please let us know if any corrections are needed!

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FREE Updated PocketCards -Download yours today!

Our digital Injectable Meds PocketCard has been updated in the CDCES Coach App and Online to reflect the FDA’s approval of liraglutide (Victoza) for people age 10 and up with type 2 diabetes.

Our physical PocketCards have also been updated! We have reprinted, so you can have the most up-to-date, laminated, accordion-fold PocketCards, which fold down to approximately 4″x6″. Interested in including our PocketCards on your own website as a resource? Our PocketCards are copyright, but we do sell licenses, so you can post our PocketCards on your website for anywhere from 1-3 years!

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We are excited to share a list of highly-rated diabetes apps that help build bridges between people living with diabetes and technology. These apps have excellent functionality and user interface drive, according to an extensive review by the technology experts at AADE. Feel free to share these apps with our diabetes community and when you have a minute, take them for a test drive yourself. Each app offers something unique and helpful for different individuals. See what you think!

CDCES® Coach App – FREE for Diabetes Health Care Professionals

Our CDCES Coach App has passed DANA’s (Diabetes Advanced Network Access) most extensive review and received the mWellth certification, including DANA’s stamp of excellence for functionality!

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Enroll in our Technology Toolkit.

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There are a number of websites that offer FREE handouts for diabetes education and ready-to-download resources, all conveniently collected on our Teaching Resources Page!

We always highlight a free resource each Friday as a way to give back. Sign up for our blog below to stay up to date on all the resources available to you.

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Our Medication PocketCards are packed full of fantastic information, including insulin and injectable medications with action times and dosing information, and oral medications with dosing and side effects.

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Critical information on insulin pumps, calculations, and continuous glucose monitors can be found in our newest Technology Toolkit, premiering August 20 & 23, 2019 @ 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

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Ready to commit to studying?

Coach Beverly recommends our Live Seminar in San Diego or our 1 year subscription for those studying for the BC-ADM. Our Live seminar is a 3 day intensive, where four diabetes experts will help explain the complexities of diabetes in easy to understand terms.

Join us in San Diego and enjoy a long weekend in San Diego after studying hard! The live seminar includes 13 bonus courses and covers the following topics:

• Current State of Diabetes ADA Standards of Care
• Person-Centered Care for Type 1, Type 2, LADA, GDM
• Medical Evaluation, Risk Identification
• Diabetes Prevention
• Glycemic Targets Across the Lifespan
• Hypoglycemia
• Landmark Studies
• Medications for Type 2
• Pharmacology Algorithms – AACE and ADA
• Cardiovascular Monitoring and Management
• Getting Active
• Assessing and Supporting Coping Skills
• Insulin – The Ultimate Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Insulin Pattern Management and Dosing Strategies
• Sick Days, Monitoring Hospitalization and Lower Extremities
• Diabetes Tools for the Visually Impaired
• Microvascular Disease – Screening Guidelines and Risk Reduction
• Promoting Behavior Change – Flourishing with Diabetes
• Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Meal Planning – Hot to Eat by the Numbers
• Adjusting Meal Planning based on individual assessment
• Diabetes and Technology

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We are excited to share DANA’s exceptional review of our app!

AADE’s Diabetes Advanced Network Access (DANA) reviewed our app and noted exceptional functionality! Plus, the CDCES Coach app received the prestigious mWellth certification.

DANA has deemed it the “ultimate one stop shop for practical tools to prepare for the CDCES exam.”

“The app offers a wide array of features depending upon the needs of the user from drug pocket cards to online university classes. This broad and varied spectrum of services lets the user find exactly what they need to become a CDCES.”

DANA Enhanced App Rating

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The FDA just approved Baqsimi, a nasal glucagon powder to treat severe hypoglycemia in people with diabetes ages four and older. This first non-injectable form of glucagon should be available by the end of August. The U.S. list price for a Baqsimi one-pack is $280.80 and for a two-pack is $561.60.* This priceing is comparable to injected glucagon.

For people with diabetes and their loved ones, witnessing and treating severe hypoglycemia is scary. This new nasal treatment offers a fast and effective intervention for people at risk for severe hypoglycemia.

“This new way to administer glucagon may simplify the process, which can be critical during an episode, especially since the patient may have lost consciousness or may be having a seizure. In those situations, we want the process to treat the suffering person to be as simple as possible.”

said Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

The safety and efficacy of Baqsimi was evaluated in three studies; two with adults and one with pediatrics over the age of four with type 1 diabetes. The participant’s glucose levels increased sufficiently after the powdered glucagon was nasally administered.

Baqsimi comes in a single-use dispenser and does not need to be inhaled, which means it can be effectively administered to a person who is unconscious due to severe hypoglycemia.

Precautions
Baqsimi is not indicated in people with pheochromocytoma, a rare tumor of adrenal gland tissue, or by patients who have insulinoma, a tumor of the pancreas.
Baqsimi also carries a warning that it should be used with caution by those who have been fasting for long periods, have adrenal insufficiency or have chronic hypoglycemia because these conditions result in low levels of releasable glucose in the liver.
The most common adverse reactions associated with Baqsimi are nausea, vomiting, headache, upper respiratory tract irritation, watery eyes, redness of eyes and itchiness. Side effects of Baqsimi are similar to injectable glucagon, with the addition of nasal and eye-related symptoms, such as watery eyes and nasal congestion, because of the way the drug is administered.

*Eligible commercially insured people with diabetes can pay $25 for up to two BAQSIMI devices (1 two-pack or 2 one-packs) with a savings card. This prescription is generally filled on an annual basis.  Lilly may also be able to help people who don’t have commercial insurance coverage. Interested persons and healthcare professionals with questions about BAQSIMI can visit www.BAQSIMI.com or call The Lilly Answers Center at 1-800-LillyRx (1-800-545-5979).

More info on Baqsimi approval at FDA Website – Click here

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