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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes. This total – which amounts to 8.3% of our country’s population – is one that only continues to rise.  Seventy nine million more Americans have pre-diabetes and are at risk of being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, further underlining the seriousness of the disease. The month of November is officially designated as National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) goes to great lengths every year to promote education about the various…

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Paula Leibovitz Elected to Serve on the Commission on Dietetic Registration

Paula Leibovitz Elected to Serve on the Commission on Dietetic Registration

CHC is proud to announce that Paula Leibovitz, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator working with our Obesity Intervention programs in New Britain and Meriden, was recently elected to serve on the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. With over 70,000 members, the Academy is the largest organization of nutrition professionals in the world. Paula who developed the FoodSmart and Fit™ program has been working with programs at CHC for 6 years. Paula remembers…

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Diabetes Friendly Cooking Tips and Recipes

Diabetes Friendly Cooking Tips and Recipes

 A guest post by Kara Ellis, MS, RD Nearly 26 million Americans are currently living with Diabetes, and the American Diabetes Association estimates that someone is diagnosed with Diabetes every 17 seconds.  Last month was Diabetes Awareness Month, so the Community Health Center geared up to help take action.  On two separate days in November the CHC of New Britain andMeridenset up a Diabetes awareness booth. The Registered Dietitian, Diabetes Educator, and Pharmacist and pharmacy residents teamed up for question…

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

A guest blog post by Dr. Stefanie Nigro who is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of CT School of Pharmacy. A few weeks ago, I was visiting my family in NY and ran into my old friend Kerri. Although it’s been a long time since I’ve seen her, I will always remember the first time we officially met. I ended up in the nurse’s office after scraping my knee playing kickball. While the nurse was attending to my…

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To fast or not to fast? How to manage diabetes during Ramadan

To fast or not to fast? How to manage diabetes during Ramadan

Recently, a bunch of us got into a discussion of how patients with diabetes should approach fasting during Ramadan. Dr. Stefanie Nigro who is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of CT School of Pharmacy wrote the following blog post with the help of others at CHC. She notes that decisions about fasting are personal decisions that need to be made by a patient in collaboration with their healthcare provider. The blog post provides a framework and important information…

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Dr. Bernadette Thomas, DNP

Dr. Bernadette Thomas, DNP

It is with great joy that I share a blog post submitted by Margaret Flinter via her cellphone from Baltimore.  Thank you Margaret for submitting this:  Today Dr. Nwando Olayiwola and I came to Baltimore for the dissertation defense of Bernadette Thomas.  Bernadette is a family nurse practitioner and also our medical director at our CHC of Clinton site.  She is completing the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Her dissertation is titled “Improving Blood…

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