Welcome to all of you from our Facebook Group! | Remember to check out our forum and meet other people who have been affected by diabetes. Share stories, recipes, vote in polls, and ask questions about your diabetes care to the NDRC staff and other diabetics!!! Click Here to enter the Q&A Forum |
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First-Ever Diabetes Summit a Great Success! | The Global Diabetes Summit held in Columbus, Ohio at the beginning of December was a HUGE SUCCESS! In attendance were over 650 diabetes experts including researchers and physicians. During the Summit, The Ohio State University Medical Center, a worldwide leader in the management and prevention of diabetes, played host to experts from 14 countries and five continents. The National Diabetes Resource Center is showcasing the most profound and intriguing findings presented at the summit in our newsletter. VIEW OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! During the community event, health screenings and cooking demonstrations were among some of the great activities available to the more than 600 public attendees. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman conducted opening ceremonies, after which experts from around the globe shared the latest research and discoveries on diabetes. |
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Christina's Story | Christina A. Staccia, MA, CRC is one of the longest living healthy infantile onset diabetics in the world today. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and author who has lived with diabetes for nearly all of her life. After being diagnosed with diabetes at just over 1 year of age, she has been living with the disease ever since. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE |
| What’s the Big Idea? | Do you have a better idea for an insulin pump or a blood sugar monitoring system? Prove it!!! Make sure you don’t miss your chance at getting to use YOUR idea to change the face of diabetes management across the globe! The 2nd Annual Diabetes Design Challenge is giving $2000 to the winner & free consultation to design it! Enter Today!!! |
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You Can Help to Reduce the Cost of Life with Diabetes!! | Ohio is now one of only four states in the Union that has not yet ratified The Diabetes Cost Reduction Act. The passage of this bill (House Bill 137 or Senate Bill 99) would bring assistance to nearly a quarter of a million people with diabetes in the state of Ohio. The Act would bring both educational materials and medical supplies to persons with Diabetes that may not otherwise have access to them. Please show your support by contacting your local representative and express your desire to pass either House Bill 137 and/or Senate Bill 99. Click here for further information: State Senators and State Representatives Columbus Dispatch Article: Saturday, October 13, 2007 This letter is written on behalf of the Ohio Nurses Association and its thousands of registered-nurse members to urge support from House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, and Senate President Bill M. Harris, R-Ashland, for the Diabetes Cost Reduction measures currently pending before the General Assembly (House Bill 137, co-sponsored by Reps. Michelle G. Schneider, R-Cincinnati, and Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus, and Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green). Click Here for the Rest of the Article |
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