All Blog Posts Tagged 'choices' (3)

Organizations Take on Diabetes in Latino Communities

The facts are clear: the Latino population has a diabetes rate 1.9 times higher than Caucasians. The good news is several organizations are taking the issue head on, like the San Antonio Food Bank. Read how they’re cultivating change in the full post at Discuss Diabetes here.

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Laura K.

Added by Laura K, Sanofi US Diabetes on May 1, 2012 at 6:23am — No Comments

Medical plan decision....

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I have switched jobs and have the choice between Aetna's "Open Access Select Plan," and UHC's "Choice Plus PPO Plan." It seems to me that the UHC plan is pretty good but I keep reading 90% coverage on things where as I am reading 100% coverage on the Aetna plan. I am not very good at the research and decision process, so I was hoping someone could give me advise on which one they have experiences with and/or perhaps what things… Continue

Added by Todd Carey on January 18, 2011 at 7:32am — 1 Comment

A Few Great Lessons about Living Well with Diabetes

A few days ago I had an amazing opportunity to give a speech at the Canadian Diabetes Symposium in Brantford, Ontario. The turnout was impressive: a ballroom bursting at its seams with over 600 people, many of them standing. The positive energy was truly contagious. People ranged in age from a newborn to senior citizens, but we were all there because we shared something in common: we are choosing to live our lives well with…

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Added by SFshawn on August 30, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

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Congratulations Diabetes Advocates Scholarship Recipients!

The Diabetes Hands Foundation and Diabetes Advocates Program is proud to announce and congratulate the members of DA who were granted scholarships to attend diabetes conferences in 2013! Thanks to a generous grant from Novo Nordisk, in 2013 we were …
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La Familia de EsTuDiabetes Sigue Creciendo

El Centro Nacional de Prevención de Enfermedades Crónicas y Promoción de la Salud en el Estados Unidos encontró que a partir de 2002-2009, el 11,8% de los hispanos mayores de 20 años, que viven en los EU, viven con diabetes …
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