Healthcare professionals in both the diabetes and dental care arenas need a full understanding about how diabetes and gum disease can adversely affect each other, and should focus on encouraging people with diabetes to maintain proper oral hygiene, according to a new white paper summarizing the findings of a thought leader summit.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators filed public comments on proposals by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover prediabetes education via a Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) and to expand utilization of the diabetes self-management training (DSMT) benefit.

At its annual conference last week in San Diego, the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) honored several individuals for their achievements in diabetes education.

Crystal Broj has been named the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, CTIO, for the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Broj was formerly the Information Technology Business Analyst Manager at Zurich Insurance and comes to AADE with more than two decades of experience in building and fostering new technologies.

People with diabetes can and should consider their entire approach to eating, rather than just counting carbs or measuring specific portions, an expert told an audience of diabetes educators, at the American Association of Diabetes Educators national conference in San Diego this week.

Regulating and maintaining healthy sleep habits may be a key to the successful management of diabetes, an expert told an audience of diabetes educators this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.