October 29th – World Stroke Day

“I never thought I could have a stroke, but I did! Let’s share these signs with our community. Early recognition and treatment saves lives. It saved mine.

Read my story here” -Coach Beverly

International Girl’s Day – October 11th

Here at Diabetes Education Services we believe in female empowerment and want to do everything we can to support the growth and well-being of our future generations. On International Girl’s Day, we want to celebrate our amazing sister organization Just One Person.

Just One Person is a model sustainable program that prepares girls in rural Kenya for post secondary opportunities, helping them develop economic independence that will guide them on the path out of poverty.

Diabetes Education Services partners with Just One Person to manufacture our Pancreas Partner. All profits from Pancreas sales are donated to Just One Person to help the girls pursue ongoing education and gainful employment. 

Mwanaidi, pictures here, helped create some of our beautiful Pancreas Partners, read her amazing story below:

“While Mwanaidi was waiting for admission to college she earned money by sewing the “pancreas pillows” that Diabetes Education Services sells in the US. She used a donated treadle sewing machine, a pattern designed by Just One Person (JOP) executive director, Emma Sisia and traditional “leso” cloth. After paying Mwanaidi for her labor, Diabetes Education Services donates the profit from the sale of the Pancreas Pillow to help fund school scholarships and seminars for other deserving girls in rural Kenya.   Other alumnae of JOP have followed suit and are continuing to produce these wonderful pillows to help ensure the sustainability of our program.”

Pancreas Partner – A Fun Teaching Tool

All profits are donated to www.justoneperson.org

This pillow is soft and stuffed. The beta cells are represented by sparkly balls of different sizes. One side of the pancreas has a normal amount of beta cells, while the other side only has a fraction of normal cells to demonstrate the natural history of diabetes and beta cell loss. A great teaching tool when demonstrating the normal function of basal and bolus insulin. Kids, adults and health care professionals love the Pancreas Partner.

Victoza FDA approved to reduce heart attack and stroke! 

This medication update is available on our “Injectables that Lower Glucose” PocketCard.

You can download all of course medication PocketCards here:

To purchase our laminated accordion version please click here!

This new format will provide you and your staff easy access to all 4 cards at once!

Now get all 4 of our medication Pocketcards in a new accordion style format with 4 Insulin medications on one side and 4 Oral medications on the other side. 

Get your NEW pocketcards today – No shipping!  Each Accordion style card includes each of the following cards:

• Insulin Pocket Card
  • Front side: current insulins, including action times and dosing information
  • Back side: concentrated insulins with important teaching tips

• Injectables that Lower BG, Injectable/Insulin Combo and Inhaled Insulin
  • Front side: Listing of injectables with dosing and side effects info
  • Back side: Injectable/Insulin Combinations and Inhaled Insulin

• Oral Diabetes Medications – Complete listing of oral medications including dosing range and considerations.
• Combo Oral Medications –  Complete listing of all the combined oral medications including doses available

“Providing babies with a specific probiotic along with some carbs to feed the microbes — reduced risk of death and sepsis by 40 percent. Wow!” – Coach Beverly 

Find out more by checking out the NPR article below: 

Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection

Check out our Plant Based Eating Resource Page

“The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist recommends plant based diet for people with diabetes, yet many people and educators are unsure how to get started.” – Coach Beverly

Check out our resource page full of ideas, recipes and more!

“Short sleep increases risk for type 2 diabetes progression in adults with prediabetes”

Have prediabetes? Get some sleep! Getting 7-8 hours of sleep a night significantly decreases risk of advancing from prediabetes to diabetes.

To learn more, click here to view the article from Endocrine Today. 

Another strike against artificial sweeteners. Canadian researchers evaluated 36 studies and concluded, “there is no consistent proof that the sweeteners help reduce weight and we found at least some evidence that they do the opposite.”

Want to learn more? Check out this article by Consumer Reports “Low-Calorie Sweeteners May Contribute to Weight Gain”

Congrats to Hayley Mayo, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES

“After previously taking the exam and missing it by 2 points, I took some time off before getting back into studying. In spring of 2017, I found out about Diabetes Education Services and the “CDCES Coach” app through a coworker.  

Reluctantly, I checked it out and signed up for the level 1 and 2 Boot Camp series.  This was just what I needed to rebuild my motivation, confidence, and knowledge in all aspects of CDCES prep.  
The live and recorded webinars and practice tests were all there to use on my own time, as life allowed.  With two toddlers at home and a baby the way, (and a fulltime job), this speaks volumes.  
Whether you listen to a webinar on the computer at lunch, on the Ipad after the kids are in bed, or flip through tables in the app or screenshots of areas you struggle with during your walk on the treadmill, this program is beyond helpful.  I even printed and laminated the *free* medication cards and carried them with me everywhere.  
There is no doubt that Beverly’s coaching and the entire Diabetes Education Services program played a role in helping me pass the exam this time around!”

Hayley Mayo, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES

See what our program graduates are saying. Visit our CDCES^®Success Page and get ready to be inspired!