Patient Voices Winner Corinna Cornejo: "Give Us Information, Not Just Data"

Today we featuring another of our 2013 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest, a woman who’s been a key player in the rapidly growing Diabetes Online Community. Corinna Cornejo was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes fairly recently in 2009, a…

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Issue Brief: HPV Vaccination for Prevention of Oropharyngeal Cancer August is National Immunization Awareness Month in the United States. This is an opportunity to celebrate immunization as one of the greatest public health achievements and also increase awareness about diseases that can be prevented by vaccines. Center for Oral Health joins this effort with a new Issue Brief that outlines the potential cost-benefit relation of HPV immunization for the prevention of Oropharyngeal Cancers (OPCs) in the United States. Download "Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for the Prevention of Oropharyngeal Cancer in the United States: A Cost/Benefit Analysis" here....
COH Welcomes Theresa Anselmo! Center for Oral Health is pleased to announce the addition of Theresa Anselmo, BSDH, RDH, MPH to its management team. She will oversee Center for Oral Health’s assessments statewide and the Oral Health Access Council (OHAC), California’s oral health coalition. Theresa was born and raised near Denver, Colorado, where in 1991 she graduated from the University of Colorado School of Dentistry with a Bachelor's of Science in Dental Hygiene. She spent 11 years in clinical practice, working in general dentistry and periodontal specialty practices. Theresa turned her attention to public health in 2002 when she joined the Colorado Department of...
Ask D’Mine: Beach Bum Pumping and CGM Toting Need help navigating life with diabetes? Don't hesitate to Ask D'Mine! Welcome again to our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil responds to some device-specific questions about how......
Gene loss creates eating disorder-related behaviors in mice Building on their discovery of a gene linked to eating disorders in humans, a team of researchers has now shown that loss of the gene in mice leads to several behavioral abnormalities that resemble behaviors seen in people with anorexia nervosa....
‘Violent Agreement’ on Need for Monitoring Meter & Strip Accuracy You may have heard about the BIG diabetes tech meeting this Monday, tackling the issue of uncertain glucose meter and test strip accuracy and what we might do to improve it.This day-long meeting held by the Diabetes Technology Society was the seco......