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Controversial or Not – Super Bowl Ad
Nick Jonas shows off his Dexcom G6, a life-saving device for Type 1 diabetics who can afford it. COURTESY OF DEXCOM Dexcom makes a device widely used by those living day to day with diabetes. While no one can argue that bringing awareness to this disease is important. Then why are some people living with diabetes upset about a commercial that was released shortly after the end of the first quarter in the Super Bowl? In the commercial pop star and T1D Nick Jonas endorses a product called the Dexcom G6. A small, wearable Continuous Glucose Monitoring system that sends [...]
New 2021 Board Members
The Expansion of the Nevada Diabetes Association is ever changing and constantly growing. After a year of unknowns(2020 covid) we are happy to continue our growth with those who believe in the mission of the NDA. Officially in February 2021 we have added 4 new board members to our team. Two located in Southern Nevada and two in Northern Nevada. Below you will find a bio/credentials and photo for each new board member . Please give them a warm welcome and congratulations on doing the NDA Team. [...]
CampViews & Dexcom Research Study
65-OR: Remote Monitoring of CGM Data at Diabetes Camp Mitigates Hypoglycemia Day and Night Some diabetes camps require campers to relinquish diabetes technology upon arrival. We evaluated the acceptability of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use and remote monitoring of CGM data at camp. Insulin-treated campers ages 7-18 years were enrolled at a week-long diabetes camp in the U.S. All campers performed regular fingerstick testing, which informed treatment decisions. Campers that monitored their glucose with fingerstick testing at home were fitted with blinded Dexcom CGM at camp. Campers that used Dexcom CGM Systems with the capacity to share data at home continued [...]
Insulin Pricing in January 2021
You may have heard about the Presidential transition of Joe Biden and his administration placing a freeze on or reversed a previous Trump Administration Executive Order that lowered the price of insulin. During the Presidential era of Trump, the former administration in December 2020, issued a policy ruling stating that health centers that participate in the 340B program must pass on drug cost savings to the patients. The 340B program is a section of the Public Health Service Act. This program requires drug manufacturers to sell their products at cost to participating hospitals and clinics that serve uninsured and low-income patients. Through [...]
World of Diabetes
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Diabetes and Covid-19 Educational Series.
If you missed our January 2021 Educational Series "Diabetes and Covid-19 ; Your Questions Answered" , you can watch the full video here. Presented on live Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 at 6:00pm via Facebook Live with Ryan Dyess, MD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1KPIQ2tQTQ
Taking A Swing At Diabetes 2020
Taking A Swing At Diabetes 2020 has happened and we could not ask for a better day with a staggering $52,000 raised to continue to our programs and services with the goal of helping children and people affected by diabetes. The day started off bright and early as registration kicked off at 7:30am and a scheduled tee off time of 8:30am.. and guess what.. for the first time in 4 years we hit it !!! There was no frost delay . With adhering to course and state guidelines we had a field of 108 golfers who played a tremendous round on Sunday [...]
October 2020 Teen Retreat – Reno
Saturday October 31st the NDA-CDA hosted a Teen Retreat on Halloween right in the NDA-CDA Parking lot in Reno, Nv . The day was filled with laughs, dancing and all around great time spent with dia-buddies to end the month. With weather at 85 degrees in OCTOBER (crazy) we could not have asked for a better day spent. Thank you to all who joined us and thank you to Save Mart and Tandem Diabetes Care for helping us put on such an amazing day that staff and more importantly, the campers will remember ! Check out some photos and video of the fun below [...]
Driving Fore Diabetes 2020
October 18th, 2020 - Driving Fore Diabetes Amazing things happened because of you. We have to say THANK YOU to all those who helped make this years Annual Driving Fore Diabetes Charity Golf Tournament a success. After moving this years tournament from June to October. We were able to raise $41,000 to keep our programs and services running in our local community ! To all sponsors and players that kept this tournament alive in such a crazy year, we have to say thank you ! You truly did a lot of good for our community this year. We hope you join us in [...]
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