Diabetes

Hy-Vee dietitians hosting diabetes-focused virtual events in April

Hy-Vee dietitians will conduct 1,000 free A1C screenings throughout the month at more than 40 store locations.
New tools, approaches to diabetes care help patients thrive

As the number of patients with diabetes continues to grow, companies are developing solutions for managing the disease state that can help make living with it easier.

Q&A: Trividia Health's Schlanger talks taking diabetes reputation into new sector

Trividia Health is entering the pet diabetes monitoring category, confident that its well-earned reputation in the human sector will help establish trust in the pet world.
Pharmacy Quality Alliance endorses diabetes health plan performance measures

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance announced its endorsement of two diabetes-focused health plan performance measures.
APhA Foundation, Tabula Rasa kick off Spanish-language diabetes prevention program

The American Pharmacists Association Foundation launched a Spanish-language offering of the CDC and Prevention National Diabetes Prevention program via a partnership with Tabula Rasa HealthCare and SinfoniaRx.
Diabetes care advances as retailers play crucial role

Diabetes care is taking on a new meaning, helped in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other factors.
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Lilly Expands Insulin Affordability Options

The Lilly Diabetes Solution Center can provide significant savings on Lilly insulins. Anyone who uses a Lilly insulin can contact the Lilly Diabetes Solution Center to see whether one of the additional insulins, the Lilly Insulin Value Program or another affordability option is the best financial choice for them.
HTL-STREFA's Prevent DropSafe Safety Pen Needles awarded McKesson's 2019 New Product of the Year

The Prevent DropSafe Safety Pen Needle, which utilizes a thin 31-gauge needle, is McKesson's 2019 product of the year.
Higi rolls out ADA-powered diabetes risk assessment to its health stations

Higi, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, now is offering a free self-service Type 2 diabetes risk assessment that combines station measurements with a consumer-reported health survey.
Walgreens debuts Medicare billing solution to enable CGM access

Walgreens is rolling out a billing solution that will allow Medicare patients using Dexcom’s G6 continuous glucose monitoring device to fill their prescription at any of its 9,200 pharmacies.
Selfcare Roadmap Insights: Diabetes

GMDC|Retail Tomorrow and Hamacher Resource Group shared with Drug Store News some insights into the shoppers with diabetes from their new Selfcare Roadmap tool.
Innovation in monitoring, injection, disposal benefit diabetes patients

Patients with diabetes continue to grapple with such perennial problems as blood glucose monitoring, safe injection, and disposal of the sharps they create every day.
Owen Mumford products get thinner, more convenient

Owen Mumford recently launched Unifine Pentips Plus and the Unistik 3 Travel Lancets, as well as its thinnest pen needle ever, Unifine 33G.
Peptide and receptor found in stress response may play role in diabetes, study finds

NEW YORK A peptide, along with its receptor, that is released when the body responds to stress and causes insulin secretion from the pancreas may influence diabetes, researchers found.These findings, which will be published in this week's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc

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