Category Archives: Advocacy

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Your Rights, One Voice: Cameron’s Story

Posted on February 9, 2015 by
Cameron Nicholas

Cameron Nicholas is a firefighter with the Prichard, Ala., Fire Department. But having type 1 diabetes almost prevented that from happening. Continue reading →

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Black History Month: Our programs fight discrimination and empower people with diabetes

Posted on January 30, 2015 by
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD

While tremendous progress has been made in diabetes treatment and management, gaps still exist for minority populations such as the African-American community. To learn more for Black History Month, we turned to Dr. Sam Dagogo-Jack, the Association’s President, Medicine & Science. Continue reading →

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Join our #DiabetesHeart chat – Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. ET!

Posted on January 27, 2015 by
Stop Diabetes

February is American Heart Month! Did you know there is a strong link between diabetes and heart disease? To learn more, please join the American College of Cardiology and the American Diabetes Association for a special Twitter chat on the connection between diabetes and heart disease. Continue reading →

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Let’s Treat the WHOLE Patient

Posted on January 21, 2015 by
David G. Marrero, PhD, President, Health Care & Education, American Diabetes Association

Yes, we have made amazing strides in the clinical management of diabetes and the technology of treatment. But we need to play a game of “catch up” when it comes to the psychosocial aspects of this disease. Continue reading →

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We’re All Members of the Global Diabetes Village

Posted on January 21, 2015 by
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD

You know about our efforts to Stop Diabetes® in the United States, but did you know we’re also involved in diabetes research and education around the world? Continue reading →

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Your Rights, One Voice: Collin’s Story

Posted on January 16, 2015 by
Collin Wadian

Joan was worried. What would happen if her son Collin needed help managing diabetes during the school day and she and the school nurse were not available? Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots in Diabetes Care

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

On Nov. 21, a select group of diabetes patient advocates, entrepreneurs, health care practitioners, device designers, pharmaceutical companies and industry experts met for the fourth annual DiabetesMine Innovation Summit. Continue reading →

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