T2 Dance Crew™ Video Of The Week: Fik-Shun’s Freestyle Routine for the #BigBlueTest

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Join the T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance alum Fik-Shun to exercise and learn fun choreographed freestyle dance moves!

This is a collaboration between the Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

For more dance videos and further information about the T2 Dance Crew™, visit www.T2DanceCrew.com.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview: Physical Activity and Diabetes Management

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This event was organized in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association and the National Diabetes Education Program.

Dr. Ronny A. Bell, PhD is

Professor of Public Health Sciences (Department of Epidemiology and Prevention) at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina, and Director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest, a designated Center of Excellence with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Dr. Magon M. Saunders, PhD diabetes educator, licensed dietitian, serves as a Program

Development Consultant in the Program and Evaluation Branch of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, Dr. Saunders provides technical assistance and support to state and territorial diabetes prevention and control programs.

Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz de Valdez, MD is the founder and CEO of Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc. a non-profit, community-based organization, dedicated to improving the overall health of the Hispanic/Latino community in Maricopa County, Arizona. She is a certified Master Trainer in the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) English Curriculum and in Spanish. Dr. Ortiz de Valdez utilizes a cultural based approach to address the interaction of physical activity, diabetes and depression.

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TuDiabetes Make Your Own ‘Betes!!! Workshop

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NOTE:  we had a technical glitch during this event, from minute 3:56 to 5:26.  Please fast forward past that piece!

Imagine you could see your diabetes- what would it look like?

Imagine your diabetes could speak- what would it say?
What would you say to it/him/her?
What would its personality be like?

The Betes Organization will host a Make Your Own Betes Workshop for anyone who is interested to create a puppet-character of their diabetes.

The event will be video-streamed live into the TuDiabetes home page, guided by Marina Tsaplina, founder of The Betes Org and member of the TuDiabetes community!

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Elizabeth Pfiester & Cynthia Zuber

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Elizabeth Rowley has lived with Type 1 diabetes for over 20 years. She received a Master’s degree in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at the London School of Economics and Political Science which led her to found www.t1international.com in 2013. T1International aims to raise awareness about the challenges of life with Type 1 diabetes in resource-poor settings around the globe and advocates for adequate access to insulin, diabetes supplies, medical care and education for all people living with Type 1 diabetes, no matter where they live. Elizabeth has worked with diabetes organizations around the world and is currently collaborating with The Pendsey Trust on a World Diabetes Campaign at www.insulin4all.tumblr.com. The aim of the campaign is to ”Put the WORLD back in #WDD2014” because oftentimes the rest of the world gets forgotten when it comes to diabetes. WDD should be a day where we especially focus on everyone worldwide with diabetes because life with diabetes is complicated. Access to vital insulin, diabetes supplies and medical care should not be.

Cynthia Zuber has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 27 years, being diagnosed in 6th grade. A few months shy of her 25th year living with diabetes, Cynthia felt called to start a blog. Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health began as a way to share how a holistic lifestyle and real food nutrition has helped her live with greater health in body, mind and spirit. Her writing quickly evolved into advocacy by courageously sharing the depths of her experience, the raw and sometimes painful reality of someone living with multiple chronic health conditions in addition to Type 1. Cynthia carries this same level of advocacy into her freelance writing for Diabetic Lifestyle, an online healthcare publisher. She believes sharing the truth of her experience not only helps others feel less alone but helps move us closer to a cure. Cynthia also cycles in the ADA Tour de Cure. 2015 will be her 5th year participating and 3rd year having her own team, The Light Riders. Three years ago she created an initiative for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. D-Quotes encourages members of her Facebook blog community to share their voice as individuals living with or impacted by diabetes. Each day of the month, an awareness-raising quote and photo of the contributor are shared on Diabetes Light’s Facebook page.

Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health
http://diabeteslight.com/

Diabetes Light on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diabetes-Light-My-holistic-journey-to-health/188813974545664?ref=bookmarks

Diabetic Lifestyle Blog: Finding Peace Between the Pokes
http://www.diabeticlifestyle.com/blogs/finding-peace-between-pokes

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T2 Dance Crew™ Big Blue Test Video Of The Week: Janette Manrara’s Salsa

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Join So You Think You Can Dance alum Janette for an easy-to-follow Salsa dance class as part of the T2 Dance Crew™ program.

This is a collaboration between The Diabetes Hands Foundation’s Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

For more dance videos and the chance to sign up for exclusive updates for the Crew, visit www.T2DanceCrew.com. And don’t forget to log your Big Blue Tests at www.BigBlueTest.org

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Master Chat: Benefits of Exercise and Risks of Avoiding it

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Chris Anderson presents the Benefits of Exercise and Risks of Avoiding it

Chris is a volunteer RN and diabetes educator at a faith based, non-profit primary healthcare center for uninsured individuals in Alabama, which is staffed by 14 volunteer doctors, 70 other volunteers, and 6 paid employees. Last year they logged over 7400 patient visits. Chris began the masters at Teachers College Columbia so she could begin a diabetes education program for their patients, as there was not much DSME for uninsured folks in her town. With her help, the center began a DSME program at the clinic 1 year ago.

The Master Chat Series is an annual collaboration between TuDiabetes and Teacher’s College Columbia University’s Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management program. This 36-credit inter-professional master’s program is offered to clinicians who are currently in or interested in the diabetes field. As part of a course requirement, students present ‘Master Chats’ on a variety of topics they have chosen based on discussions taking place in the TuDiabetes community. Master Chats include a 10-15 minute presentation followed by a Q and A, and it’s an opportunity not only for TuDiabetes members to learn from students in this program, but also to give feedback to them in an effort to help them be the best care-givers they can be!

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Michael Stevens, "Breaking Down Diabetes"

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When Michael Stevens speaks, the Internet listens. Why? That is the very question that transformed Michael’s passion for science and questioning everyday things into an online phenomenon amassing more than 7.7 million subscribers on YouTube®.

Michael is the mastermind behind Vsauce – a wildly popular YouTube® channel with more than 14 million video views per month. The educational channel addresses scientific oddities in a simple, yet compelling and digestible way for his viewers to understand. He is the conceiver, creator, and host of more than 300 videos, including “What Color Is a Mirror?” and “Is Your Red the Same As My Red?”.

Leveraging the public’s desire for cool, interesting facts has resulted in more than 660 million video views on the Vsauce channel, making it one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube®. Vsauce was recognized as one of the fastest growing YouTube® channels in 2012. Additionally, Michael’s innovation and wit was recognized in 2014 with a Webby People’s Voice Award for best news and information.

In addition to his accolades and immense fan base, Michael’s videos have been featured on several well-known news sites, such as the Huffington Post, CBS, and Gizmodo. Michael also works as an in-house consultant for Google to help other video content creators achieve similar success. He holds a degree in neuropsychology and English literature from the University of Chicago.

He recently teamed up with Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, to develop a video series called “Breaking Down Diabetes.” He was initially drawn to the partnership when he learned that more than 29 million Americans have diabetes, but only 21 million are actually diagnosed. The six-part video series, which covers topics such as “Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes” and “Diabetes by the Numbers,” captures Michael’s infectious and energetic personality as he explains diabetes in a compelling and simple manner to help viewers better understand the importance of incorporating diabetes care into their daily lives.

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TuDiabetes Live interview Laura Andrews, co-founder of Azurite Technologies

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Azurite Technologies, Inc. is an early stage biotech company located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Founded in 2013, its mission is to develop the world’s first noninvasive blood glucose sensor. The company was founded by two Georgetown grads after a summer internship at one of the national laboratories, where they realized a technology one of the co-founders was working with had a huge potential application in completely noninvasive blood glucose sensing. Building on this idea, the team at Azurite completed the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps program, an intensive two-month entrepreneurial training program.

The company’s goal is to leverage their technology to be used as a continuous real-time blood glucose monitor, as a stand-alone device and as part of an artificial pancreas, when fully ready.

Laura Andrews, MS Biotechnology
Laura co-founded Azurite Technologies, Inc. in November 2013. She has a background in molecular biology and the business of biotechnology. As the business lead for this venture, she has worked previously at Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. and at DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Industrial Partnerships Office

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho 2014

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Sierra Sandison was crowned Miss Idaho 2014 in July, and competed at Miss America on September 14th, winning the People’s Choice Award. She made a splash in the media for proudly wearing her insulin pump on stage during the competition. Her message, to both diabetics and non diabetics alike, is to show everyone that the beauty standards set for us by the media are unrealistic. We all have so-called “flaws” and deviations from the expectations society has for us–in her case, her insulin pump–but that’s okay! She is also very excited to use her newfound voice to spread much needed awareness about diabetes!

Sierra is 20 years old and currently studying business at the College of Southern Idaho. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in February 2012, at the age of 18. She loves to ski, snowboard, Crossfit, sing, play piano, and sail, and has only competed in pageants while in college (two years).

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Fik-Shun’s "Dance To Your Own Beat" Dance Routine for #BigBlueTest

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Join So You Think You Can Dance alum Fik-Shun for an easy-to-follow Hip-Hop dance class as part of the T2 Dance Crew™ program. For more dance videos and to sign up for exclusive updates from the Crew, visit www.T2DanceCrew.com.

This is a collaboration between Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management.

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

TuDiabetes Live interview with Dr. Korey Hood: "Diabetes and Sex, for Men"

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Korey K. Hood, PhD works closely with people with diabetes in clinical, research, and advocacy settings. For this particular discussion entitled “Diabetes and Sex, for Men,” it helps that Dr. Hood is a guy and happens to have type 1 diabetes. Dr. Hood’s academic position is at Stanford University School of Medicine where he is a Professor and Staff Psychologist. At Stanford, he directs NIH- and foundation-funded research projects and provides clinical care aimed at promoting health and quality of life outcomes. Much of this work focuses on building positive coping and problem-solving skills to prevent diabetes distress and depression, and increasing the uptake of diabetes technologies and social media. He is the chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Interest Group, helps direct programming for JDRF and Children With Diabetes events, and stays active in the diabetes online community.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Doug Baum, making better glucagon with Xeris Pharmaceuticals

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Glucagon

The global diabetes epidemic is presenting enormous challenges for health care models around the world. While much of the focus remains on tight glycemic control, increased attention is being paid to the associated problems of hypoglycemia in these patients. Xeris is addressing both of these issues with the development of a stable, non-aqueous, injectable glucagon. Xeris has already developed a room-temperature-stable formulation which is being leveraged for multiple opportunities ranging from rescue pens for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia to pump-based formulations for use in an artificial pancreas.

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