In a rural, low-income area with a high rate of diabetes, mental health coaching significantly eased depression and reduced blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, according to a pilot study being presented here today at AADE14, the American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and mobile health company HealthSlate today announced the expansion of the AADE HealthSlate tablet program, which provides AADE members a tablet with a rich set of teaching aids, clinical resources, and patient management tools.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), the national premier association dedicated to advancing the field of diabetes education, announces this year’s recipients of our Awards Recognition Program.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators has filed a comment letter with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), supportive of the agency’s goal of increasing the accuracy and dependability of over-the-counter diabetes testing supplies and equipment.

The American Association of Diabetes Educators today presented US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) with its 2014 AADE Legislative Champion Award, in recognition of her efforts to increase access to diabetes education.

Diabetes educators assembled on Capitol Hill today to push for passage of a Medicare reform that would provide greater access to diabetes education and generate health care savings.