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Learn How to be Healthy, Active and Live Well with Diabetes

Posted on February 6, 2014 by
EXPO 2

The American Diabetes Association EXPOs are FREE one-day diabetes-focused health events in more than a dozen metropolitan cities that bring health care professionals, experts, product exhibitors and volunteers together under one roof. Continue reading →

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Pro Football Player Duane Brown Tackles Diabetes

Posted on February 3, 2014 by
Duane Brown

As an offensive tackle for the Houston Texans, I know how to work hard to achieve a goal. This is especially true when it comes to raising awareness for a cause I deeply care about. I was a first-round draft pick in 2008, but now I’ve been drafted into a different role: an Ambassador for the American Diabetes Association. Continue reading →

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Diabetes Researchers on a Mission

Posted on January 31, 2014 by
Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD President, Medicine & Science, 2014 American Diabetes Association

We’re in the midst of an incredibly exciting time for diabetes research. Diabetes is so much more complex and nuanced than researchers previously thought, and we are finding out so much about what causes it. Continue reading →

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Advocacy in Action – Our 2014 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

Posted on January 28, 2014 by
U.S. Capitol

Each year, the Association works to identify the leading federal and state legislative and regulatory priorities that will guide our ongoing efforts to Stop Diabetes®. These priorities help guide our work with Congress and state legislators, and drive our efforts to make diabetes research, prevention programs and access to health care a top priority on Capitol Hill and in every statehouse across the nation. Continue reading →

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Pathway to Stop Diabetes Awardees Announced

Posted on January 9, 2014 by
Pathway to Stop Diabetes logo

The American Diabetes Association is excited to announced the first group of researchers who will receive grant support through Pathway to Stop Diabetes, the Association’s innovative research program which focuses on transformational approaches to ending this epidemic. Continue reading →

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Skin Complications and Diabetes

Posted on November 12, 2013 by
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Diabetes can affect every part of the body, including the skin.As many as one out of three people who are living with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in their lives. Continue reading →

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I Decide to Stop Diabetes Day at Church

Posted on November 6, 2013 by
Guest blogger Ann Heard, RD, CDE

November is American Diabetes Month®, a time to communicate about the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control. In concert with the other activities throughout the month, on November 10th, churches across the country will participate in celebration of I Decide to Stop Diabetes Day at Church (ID Day). Continue reading →

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