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What do Sonia Sotomayor, Bret Michaels and Nick Jonas have in common?
Diabetes.
They are among the 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8 percent of the population, who have diabetes. In Maryland, the rate of diabetes has grown over the past 10 years, from 6 percent of adults in 1998 to 7.9 percent of adults in 2006. By the end of 2007, there were 358,000 adults with the disease in the state, according to the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In Maryland it is estimated there is another undiagnosed group of 143,000 adults.
Luckily, the Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai works with patients with diabetes by promoting healthy behavior for an improved quality of life. The center recently completed its application for certification by the American Diabetes Association.
In addition to addressing the fear about regular injections, staff members at the center acknowledge the constant maintenance required in controlling diabetes. By taking into consideration a patient?s feelings and daily lifestyle, the center is re-inventing diabetes management. Education is key to helping people with diabetes manage their disease, so group classes are offered for ongoing education and support. The center?s components also include glucose monitoring, medication and/or insulin instruction, nutritional counseling, and a focus on prevention of complications. Other staff members at the center include diabetes nurse educators, pharmacists and registered dietitians.
There is a close relationship with patients. Physicians and staff can facilitate care with other specialists in the LifeBridge Health system, including the Krieger Eye Institute, the Sleep Center at Sinai and the Heart Center at Sinai. Plus, new technology at the Diabetes Resource Center includes real-time glucose monitoring, insulin pump therapy and intensive insulin treatment.
The Diabetes Resource Center staff makes it their mission to educate people on the risk factors for diabetes, including obesity. It is no coincidence that the obesity rates are tied to the rise of type 2 diabetes. There are 21.4 million men and 22.9 million women in the United States who are currently obese.
For more information on the Diabetes Resource Center, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
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Diabetes Resource Center Offers Education and Management Tools
What do Sonia Sotomayor, Bret Michaels and Nick Jonas have in common?
Diabetes.
They are among the 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8 percent of the population, who have diabetes. In Maryland, the rate of diabetes has grown over the past 10 years, from 6 percent of adults in 1998 to 7.9 percent of adults in 2006. By the end of 2007, there were 358,000 adults with the disease in the state, according to the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In Maryland it is estimated there is another undiagnosed group of 143,000 adults.
Luckily, the Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai works with patients with diabetes by promoting healthy behavior for an improved quality of life. The center recently completed its application for certification by the American Diabetes Association.
In addition to addressing the fear about regular injections, staff members at the center acknowledge the constant maintenance required in controlling diabetes. By taking into consideration a patient?s feelings and daily lifestyle, the center is re-inventing diabetes management. Education is key to helping people with diabetes manage their disease, so group classes are offered for ongoing education and support. The center?s components also include glucose monitoring, medication and/or insulin instruction, nutritional counseling, and a focus on prevention of complications. Other staff members at the center include diabetes nurse educators, pharmacists and registered dietitians.
There is a close relationship with patients. Physicians and staff can facilitate care with other specialists in the LifeBridge Health system, including the Krieger Eye Institute, the Sleep Center at Sinai and the Heart Center at Sinai. Plus, new technology at the Diabetes Resource Center includes real-time glucose monitoring, insulin pump therapy and intensive insulin treatment.
The Diabetes Resource Center staff makes it their mission to educate people on the risk factors for diabetes, including obesity. It is no coincidence that the obesity rates are tied to the rise of type 2 diabetes. There are 21.4 million men and 22.9 million women in the United States who are currently obese.
For more information on the Diabetes Resource Center, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
- Researchers Say Aggressively Treating Pre-diabetes Could Stop Or Delay Future Diabetic Complications
Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leading research institutions and the American Diabetes Association, says a press release from the University of North...
- First Diabetes Educator License Is Issued In Kentucky
Kim DeCoste (photo via AADE)Kentucky is the first state to issue a diabetes educator license, according to a press release from the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators. Kim DeCoste of Richmond, a registered nurse and chair of the Kentucky Diabetes...
- Learning About Your Diabetes Risk
By Jamie Strauss, R.D., L.D.N., Clinical Dietitian, Sinai Hospital How many people do you know have diabetes? How many of those people that have diabetes knew they were at risk? And how many people are walking around undiagnosed? November is American...
- Know Your Risk Factors For Diabetes
Would you like to delay or prevent diabetes if you could? Would you like to prevent possible severe diabetes-related complications, including loss of sight or limbs? Millions of Americans are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the American...
- Sinai's Diabetes Resource Center Earns Recognition
Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined, a sobering fact from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), which stresses the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and educating patients with diabetes and their families....