Tag: barriers

What’s preventing us from preventing diabetes?

Time and time again, research has shown that lifestyle intervention can play a significant role in diabetes prevention. It has also  been demonstrated that metformin treatment can assist in diabetes prevention, especially in patients under the age of 60 and in women who have had gestational diabetes. In spite of this evidence, diabetes prevention is [...]

Diabetic children at school – what resources are available?

Today, CBC news posted an article about a Nova Scotia school which has refused to provide insulin injections for an 8 year-old recently diagnosed diabetic girl. Although her mother, Alana Hart, leaves her job at lunch to inject the girl, she is worried that if she is unable to do so that her daughter won’t [...]

Discovery Channel Patient Education: Overcoming Obstacles in treating your Diabetes (Video 4)

A valuable step in effectively managing diabetes is understanding the importance of sticking to your treatment plan. Discovery Channel presents a new patient education program that features personal stories of patients with diabetes who may have challenges with taking medication on a daily basis. Experts in the field of diabetes care will discuss how barriers [...]

Discovery Channel Patient Education: Overcoming Obstacles in treating your Diabetes (Video 3)

A valuable step in effectively managing diabetes is understanding the importance of sticking to your treatment plan. Discovery Channel presents a new patient education program that features personal stories of patients with diabetes who may have challenges with taking medication on a daily basis. Experts in the field of diabetes care will discuss how barriers [...]

Discovery Channel Patient Education: Overcoming Obstacles in treating your Diabetes (Video 2)

A valuable step in effectively managing diabetes is understanding the importance of sticking to your treatment plan. Discovery Channel presents a new patient education program that features personal stories of patients with diabetes who may have challenges with taking medication on a daily basis. Experts in the field of diabetes care will discuss how barriers [...]

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