Keep That Heart Tickin’!
People with diabetes are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke. In fact, two out of three people with diabetes die from cardiovascular disease. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle by incorporating exercise and smart meal decisions are vital components to the condition of your heart. During American Heart Month, take the time to evaluate your lifestyle. A few small changes can make a large impact on your health.
Make a Change
Diabetes is a devastating reality in the African American community. There are nearly 5 million non-Hispanic African Americans, aged 20 years or older, living with diabetes. During Black History Month, join us in the fight to Stop Diabetes® by incorporating programs and materials created especially for the African American community. Unless we take action now, one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050. Learn more about the many ways you can help Stop Diabetes!
New Support Message Board
Diabetes affects the whole family, and that’s why the American Diabetes Association has launched a new section within its online community, “I Love Someone with Diabetes”! Whether you’re a spouse, sibling, child, other family member or friend, this message board is a place to find support from others who also love and care for a person living with diabetes.
Support the Cause
Tour de Cure® is underway and looking for riders! Get out in the open air and support the cause. The Tour de Cure is a ride, not a race, designed with routes for everyone. In 2012, Tour de Cure raised over $26 million. With more than 90 tour events nationwide, chances are there is one for you right around the corner! What are you waiting for? It’s time to take off those training wheels! Come for the ride and stay for the celebration!
Check Out an EXPO® Near You!
Interested in learning about all things diabetes? Visit an EXPO near you! We have 11 EXPO locations to choose from. This FREE experience provides vital diabetes information including health screenings, cooking demonstrations and the latest in diabetes products and services. We also have leading experts on-hand to discuss diabetes prevention and management tips. Learn how to be healthy, active and live well with diabetes.
With nearly 26 million children and adults in the U.S. diagnosed with diabetes, there is no doubt it has touched your life in some way. Whether you are one of those 26 million or know someone who is, living in the presence of diabetes has a profound impact on daily life.
November is American Diabetes Month®—a time to come together and raise awareness of this ever-growing epidemic that is facing our nation.
This year, we want to shed light on the many people affected by diabetes and how each person’s daily life with diabetes tells a different story. It is time for you to add your own chapter.
Visit our Facebook page and share a personal image representing what “A Day in the Life of Diabetes” means to you. The image is a representation of how diabetes affects your daily life in some way. Every photo will contribute to a larger mosaic that embodies the message, “A Day in the Life of Diabetes.”
For every photo/image uploaded, CVS/pharmacy® will donate $1 to the Association, up to $25,000. CVS/pharmacy is a proud sponsor of the “A Day in the Life of Diabetes” campaign. To learn more about the CVS/pharmacy ExtraCare Advantage for Diabetes® savings program exclusively for those living with diabetes and their caregivers, visit CVS.com/diabetes.
We can’t wait to see what chapter you add to the story.
Special thanks to our American Diabetes Month sponsor:
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It is with immense joy that I share with you the good news: with your help, 268 U.S. Representatives and 71 Senators expressed their support for the Special Diabetes Program by signing onto the House and Senate Special Diabetes Program Dear Colleague letters! You can view the House letter here, and the Senate letter will be up on www.diabetes.org soon. This is a great first step as we work toward the program’s reauthorization this year.
The SDP represents an important investment from the federal government to combat, prevent and cure diabetes. It has produced advances in halting and reversing the complications of diabetes; progress in identifying environmental triggers of type 1 diabetes; and a 28% reduction in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in the Native American communities – among its many other accomplishments.
Last month, we asked those of you living in the Congressional districts and states of Representatives and Senators who had yet to sign-on to this letter of support to email your legislators encouraging them to do so. And your voices were heard!
Together, we will continue to educate Members of Congresson the importance of SDP and work toward its reauthorization. But for now, let’s all celebrate this first success in our efforts toward extending this vital program into the future.Sincerely,
It is with immense joy that I share with you the good news: with your help, 268 U.S. Representatives and 71 Senators expressed their support for the Special Diabetes Program by signing onto the House and Senate Special Diabetes Program Dear Colleague letters! You can view the House letter here, and the Senate letter will be up on www.diabetes.org soon. This is a great first step as we work toward the program’s reauthorization this year.
L. Hunter Limbaugh Chair of the Board, 
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