CU Health Plan – Prevent!
The CU Health Plan has expended their Diabetes Prevention program to include a new program that not only supports individuals who are at-risk for developing Diabetes, but also those who are at risk for developing any obesity-related chronic disease such as hypertension and heart disease. Omada is a digitally-based lifestyle improvement program open to all medical CU Health Plan members aged 18 and over.
Tips for Managing Diabetes
Thankfully Diabetes is a very manageable chronic disease. There are many things a person can do to successfully manage their condition. Take a look at Kaiser Permanente’s Diabetes healthy living tips and see things you can do to help manage Diabetes.
We Dare You
Take the #DiabetesDanceDare! Every 23 seconds an American is diagnosed with Diabetes. Help the American Diabetes Association spread awareness by picking your song, getting your groove on and sharing your video!
Nation-Wide Events
Check out the American Diabetes Association’s events list this month. Just enter in your state or zip and see what Diabetes Awareness events are happening near you!
Man or Machine?
Artificial pancreas?! Read through this article and a recent CU study that acted as major step in developing this incredible technology; technology that is far closer to being on the market than we may have imagined.
More Funding for Kids
A $1.2 million grant was awarded to the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Learn more about how this money will help kids get the earliest treatment interventions possible for type 1 diabetes.