This is the final week to submit your entries for the Certified Diabetes Educator of the Year Award. ADW Diabetes understands the importance of diabetes education in the effort to self manage diabetes. Because of Diabetes Educator dedication and care for their patients, we want to give them rewards for […]
Earlier today, ADW Diabetes attended a Diabetes Awareness education seminar at the Pompano Primary Health Clinic, which services the uninsured. They invited us to attend their seminar on Diabetes Awareness, and share our information with the patients with diabetes that they see.
When a person is newly diagnosed with diabetes, a whole new world of questions and concerns opens up! Fortunately, our modern medical system offers the invaluable contributions of the certified diabetes educator, or CDE. From learning how to use diabetic test strips to monitor their blood glucose levels, what foods can cause dangerous imbalances in […]
Today, November 14, 2007, marks the first World Diabetes Day, a campaign launched by the United Nations to officially recognize diabetes as a major threat to the health of people globally. The rising numbers of children afflicted with Type 1 Diabetes is of special concern, as it grows 3% annually for schoolchildren and adolescents, and a startling 5% for children of pre-school age.
Holidays can be tough for diabetics, and Thanksgiving is probably number one on that list. After all, a dinner table groaning under the weight of everyone’s special dishes is the standard, right? Your aunt’s homemade noodles, Grandma’s buttery rolls, the sugary goodness of pumpkin pie, and ladles of rich gravy poured over that turkey can really […]
Time is running out for the chance to nominate your favorite Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). The final day to submit your nomination for the CDE of the Year Award is November 30, 2007.
Having diabetes can have a major affect on a person’s lifestyle. This week’s newsletter will give our readers some tips on how to recognize when their glucose levels are too high or low, and what to do when this occurs.
As many of you might already know, last Saturday, November 3, 2007, was the first weekend in National Diabetes Month, and American Diabetes Wholesale was at the World Diabetes Day event at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
We have added the Securitee Blanket (by Regato Enterprises, Ltd) to our website.
This product is meant to be used as protection for your insulin vials. People who are dependent on injecting themselves with insulin sometimes drop or break their insulin bottles. The protector helps prevent the bottle from breaking, in case of accidental falls.
In addition […]
For many kids, Halloween is the best day of the year. But for diabetic children and their parents, Halloween can be a real challenge. Almost every kid wants to trick-or-treat, but what to do about all those sugary candies that your child shouldn’t eat? It is tough to exclude your child from the fun, so here […]