Tag Archives: Diabetes mellitus

With Diabetes-Related Deaths on the Rise, HHC Reminds New Yorkers About Affordable Diabetes Care Services Available for Children & Adults

Posted on June 12, 2013 by | Leave a comment

In response to the increasing number of diabetes-related deaths in New York City, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) reminds New Yorkers about the importance of seeking help to prevent and manage this serious and chronic disease. Continue reading →

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The Diabetes Epidemic in New York City

Posted on April 27, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Towards A Healthy Harlem

Today the Health Department released a new Epi Data Brief about the diabetes epidemic in New York City. Nearly 650,000 adult New Yorkers reported having diabetes in 2011, an increase of about 200,000 adults since 2002. Continue reading →

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Sweet Enuff: Do You Have A Story About Diabetes & Obesity?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Do you have as story about Diabetes & Obesity?

The SWEET ENUFF movement is looking for three families living with or affected by diabetes and obesity for show documentary video. Continue reading →

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Join National Diabetes Awareness Month

Posted on November 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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Harlem and Chinatown discuss their knowledge of and experience with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Continue reading →

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Dining With Miss Lil: A Little Paula Deen In All of Us

Posted on February 1, 2012 by | 1 Comment

By Lil Nickelson

Leave Paula Dean alone!  Just because she is a celebrity chef/restaurant entrepreneur that cooks like our Grandmothers and Mothers does not mean she had to share her health condition as soon as she was informed that she had become a type 2 diabetic.  Continue reading →

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Hope For Harlem: An Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics

Posted on October 1, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Prof Joan Taylor of De Montfort University describes her ‘smart’ polymer device aimed at mimicking the pancreas‘ role in delivering insulin as and when it is needed by the body.

The implant is still under development and several years from being available to people with diabetes. However it promises to be an alternative to daily insulin injections and insulin pumps. Its design is aimed at reducing the life-threatening complications associated with diabetes.

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