Making Friends with the “E” Word

The advice still applies: daily exercise is a healthy habit. Experts recommend 30 minutes of moderate exercise five to six  days per week. For many of us, exercise means expensive health clubs, complicated equipment, sweating, achy muscles and anything but fun. step one is to think of exercise in terms of “daily activity.” We are meant [...]

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Overcoming the Fear Factor of Diabetes

Diabetes is a self-care disease. What happens between doctor visits really counts. The American Association of Diabetes Educators advocates seven self-care behaviors to simplify needed lifestyle changes. Elevated blood sugars are unsafe and cause damage to blood vessels and nerves all over the body. Heart attacks, strokes, kidney damage, blindness, and amputations associated with diabetes [...]

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Elvis Motorcycle Ride to Benefit American Diabetes Association

On April 19, for the third consecutive year, the Elvis Rock ‘n’ Roll Ride for Life will hit the streets in the fight against diabetes.  The 100-mile motorcycle ride will begin at Elvis’s Graceland Mansion and end at Memphis Motorsports Park. The ride day will begin at 6:30 a.m. with on-site registration, check-in, and a pancake [...]

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Diabetes School: Take Control of Your Health

Knowledge is power. In controlling diabetes, sometimes all it takes to improve a person’s condition is information and small behavioral changes. In time, those changes combine to become good habits. Comprehensive Diabetic Solutions (CDS) offers several classes to arm the person with diabetes with tools for change. Many class graduates are seeing results from their educational [...]

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Comprehensive Diabetic Solutions: Arming Patients with Knowledge and Resources

Serving as a bridge between diabetic patients and health care providers, Comprehensive Diabetic Solutions’ (CDS) job is to support patients with American Diabetes Association-recognized education, coaching and resources. Still without a cure, diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States according to the ADA. Diabetes is known to cause blindness, kidney disease and amputations. However, [...]

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Diabetic Foot Ulcers: What You Don’t Know Could Cost You

Diabetes is a growing health epidemic in the United States. According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 23.6 million people in the US have diabetes. This number is predicted to rise to an alarming 30.3 million people by as early as 2030. People with diabetes often have other health problems, such as heart disease and [...]

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Diabetes and the Eye: Advancements in Disease Prevention and Care

There are many health risks associated with diabetes, but the disease can especially impact vision. Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness cases among adults age 20 to 74 years. Diabetic eye disease causes 12,000 to 24,000 more people to go blind each year, according to the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and [...]

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