Category Archives: Advocacy
Diabetes Advocate Honored By WebMD
The Association is thrilled to announce that one of our extraordinary diabetes advocates, Tracy Milligan of Jacksonville, Florida, has been named a 2013 WebMD Health Heroes award winner. Continue reading
Overcoming Health Disparities
Living with diabetes can often be challenging, and can be made more difficult when access to proper care and resources are not available. To help solve this, we must find ways we can educate and empower high-risk populations and provide the tools they need to lead healthier lives. To address this issue, the American Diabetes Association held its sixth annual Disparities Partnership Forum on Oct. 21 and 22. Continue reading
Health Insurance Marketplaces are Open: A Milestone for People with Diabetes
October 1, 2013 marked another important milestone – the long awaited Health Insurance Marketplaces (Marketplace) opened – giving individuals, families and small businesses a new opportunity to buy health insurance in every state. Continue reading
Keeping Your Child Safe at School This Fall
It’s Aug. 1, which means the crisp fall days of a new school year are fast approaching. While children across the country are picking up new Superman backpacks and Sponge Bob Square Pants lunch boxes, the families of kids with diabetes have a longer list of supplies to gather, tasks to complete and concerns to address. Continue reading
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Posted in About Us, Advocacy, Life with Diabetes, Parents, Safe at School, Stop Diabetes Tagged Advocacy, American Diabetes Association, children with diabetes, diabetes, diabetes advocates, family, Parents, safe at school, Stop Diabetes, type 1 diabetes
Talking Type 2: Elizabeth Jones
Elizabeth’s story is the last in our series of blogs about young adults living with type 2 diabetes. With a strong family history of the disease, she says getting type 2 was never a matter of “if,” but “when.” But she’s much healthier now, and planning to run her first 8K later this month! Continue reading
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Posted in Family, Food and Fitness, High-Risk Populations, Life with Diabetes, National Youth Advocate, Stop Diabetes, Talking Type 2 Tagged American Diabetes Association, blood glucose, diabetes, family, living with type 2 diabetes, Stop Diabetes, type 2 diabetes
Better Health for Asian Americans — and All Moms and Babies
This Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, let’s all support efforts to improve the health of this and other at-risk communities! Continue reading
Looking Out for Women’s Health
Mother’s Day kicked off National Women’s Health Week, an effort to empower women to make their health a priority and encourage them to take steps to improve their physical and mental health and lower their risks of certain diseases, including diabetes. Let’s take a quick look at what makes women so special when it comes to diabetes. Continue reading
