LIONS DIABETES AWARENESS FOUNDATION OF MULTIPLE DISTRICT 35
Foundation Updates
Recertification is required early to keep you up to date and remind you of the important job you performing for your communities.
This year to make it easier on the Lion's purse if you are actively screening anytime in the prior 6 months and the report forms and consent forms have been returned, you will not be charged for the re-certification class. We are keeping a list that will be available. So make sure your team leader puts your name on it and your club.
We have also after much good input, re-designed the consent forms and cards so they match and are in better order. These can be found on the website dafmd35.org in Resources and Forms. Please down load the new forms to use. Please do not use any that do not ask for county or have 8 questions. We need the data for the Grant and future grants.
The American Diabetes Association has recently published several studies covering important health concerns that are on the increase and diabetes treatment breakthroughs. All are worth the read. A few are:
1. Type 2 diabetes tying the increase to dietary factors.
2. Artificial pancreas to help those with Type 1 diabetes.
3. Poverty a top cause of death in the U.S.
4. High mortality risk tied to weight changes in adults.
5. How hot baths and saunas can help those who exercise adjust to outdoor heat.
6. The impact of young adult vaping.
Click on DiabetesPro SmartBrief to go to their website.
