Diabetes Education

In this video, William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE, speaks with Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, about how to make diabetes education sessions more worthwhile for people with diabetes.

Digital health technology can improve diabetes diagnosis, management and education, and diabetes care and education specialists must take an active role to ensure devices are safe, usable and effective for patients, according to a speaker.

In this video, Renza Scibilia, speaks with Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, about why the language used by diabetes care and education specialists matters.

More than half of the women of Asian ethnicity who participated in a gestational diabetes education program had some form of glucose impairment 4 to 12 weeks after delivery, according to two speakers.

In this video, Michelle L Litchman PhD, FNP-BC, speaks with Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, about the benefits of peer support for people with diabetes and their families.

A lack of cultural understanding has created a void between Tongans living in Utah and health care providers, according to a speaker at the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists annual meeting.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of continued diabetes self-management education and support to reduce risk for poor outcomes, according to CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD.

Adults with diabetes continue to navigate diabetes self-management, supply shortages and in-person and telehealth appointments, all while coping with the common challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two speakers.

In this video, Quinn Nystrom speaks with Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, about prescription drug access and her run for the US House in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional district.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists began 2020 with a new name and new vision but was soon confronted with unprecedented public health emergencies that offered both challenges and opportunities, according to a speaker.