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“A person’s not born with Type 1 diabetes; it develops over time,” said Kathryn Sumpter, Le Bonheur’s chief of endocrinology and a Type 1 diabetes patient. “It’s an autoimmune disease, so it takes time to progress.”
“Hospitals and insurers are robbing all of us,” said Valerie June, a Memphis singer-songwriter who has firsthand experience with medical debt. “We demand actual prices.”
Moderation, especially around the holidays, is crucial for people with diabetes and prediabetes, says a UTHSC’s Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack.
According to the 2021 Tennessee Diabetes Action Report, 13.8% of adults in the state have been diagnosed with diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes accounts for 90%-95% of Tennessee’s diagnosed cases.
When 27-year-old Krista Sheneman walked into a Cincinnati doctor’s office in 2016 to address a shoulder injury, she didn’t expect how her life would change by the time she left.
Methodist Medical Group began using remote patient monitoring software during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor patients who had been discharged from the hospital or emergency room.
“This is my advice: Go get a full physical. Try to find out everything that is going on with you.”
Dr. Robert Waller, retired president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, says the research has implications for better managing other health conditions that negatively impact people as they age.
A sophomore at Collierville High School is traveling to Washington this summer to level with legislators about the high cost that comes with living with Type 1 diabetes.
Were it not for matching American Diabetes Association T-shirts, it would be hard to distinguish between kids playing just to play and those learning how to manage their diabetes.
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