There are 9 article(s) tagged Diabetes:

• February 2024

  • Valerie June appears in PSA for health care pricing transparency

    “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.” 

    By Aisling Mäki February 17, 2024

• November 2023

  • Thanksgiving could cue season of over-eating, putting diabetics at higher risk

    Moderation, especially around the holidays, is crucial for people with diabetes and prediabetes, says a UTHSC’s Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack. 

    By Don Wade November 24, 2023

• March 2023

  • Lower insulin costs could be coming to Shelby County diabetes patients

    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. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 06, 2023

• April 2022

  • Local artist walks from Cincinnati to Memphis for diabetes awareness

    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.

    By Alicia Davidson April 23, 2022

  • Software tracks patients’ data between office visits, takes health care to ‘next level’

    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.

    By Christin Yates April 18, 2022

• October 2021

  • Uncovering COVID’s new connection with diabetes

    “This is my advice: Go get a full physical. Try to find out everything that is going on with you.”

    By Jane Roberts October 18, 2021

• February 2020

  • UTHSC researches gene that could unravel diabetes, metabolic problems

    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.

    By Jane Roberts February 04, 2020

• June 2019

  • Collierville student to advocate in D.C. for diabetes research funding

    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. 

    By Michelle Corbet June 16, 2019

  • Camp Day2Day teaches kids how to manage diabetes through play

    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. 

    By Michelle Corbet June 05, 2019