Category Archives: Family
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
Success Story: Lauren and Julee Kopkowski
When Julee learned she had high blood glucose, she went to her daughter Lauren, an intern studying dietetics, for advice. Together they mapped out a plan to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Continue reading
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Success Story: Don Fillenworth
Type 2 diabetes came as a shock to Don, as there is no history of it in his family. With support from his diabetes care team and wife Cindy, he lowered his A1C from 9.6 to 5.9 in three months! How’d he do it? Continue reading
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A Brighter Future for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Tomorrow, March 23, marks the third anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and we celebrate the important role this piece of legislation has already played in advancing the fight to Stop Diabetes. Let’s take a look a closer look at how the ACA can help improve the lives and outlook of those living with or caring for someone with diabetes. Continue reading
I Love Someone with Diabetes: Rachel Scott
Diabetes affects the whole family, whether you’re a parent, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse or friend. This week on the blog, we are featuring stories about loving and caring for someone with diabetes. Read about Rachel’s extraordinary family–she, her sister and her mother all have type 1 diabetes–and how they take care of each other. Continue reading
I Love Someone with Diabetes: Navil Rodriguez Turner
Diabetes affects the whole family, whether you’re a parent, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse or friend. This week on the blog, we are featuring stories about loving and caring for someone with diabetes. Here Navil describes how her husband’s type 1 diagnosis at age 23 affected their lives — and his career in the U.S. Coast Guard. Continue reading
I Love Someone with Diabetes: Paul Evans
Diabetes affects the whole family, whether you’re a parent, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse or friend. This week on the blog, we are featuring stories about loving and caring for someone with diabetes. Here Paul talks about his teenage daughter Charity, who was diagnosed with type 1 at age 10: “I know without a doubt she’s the toughest kid in the world.” Continue reading
