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=====Lifestyle Modification for Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention===== | =====Lifestyle Modification for Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention===== | ||
=====Laura Grueser loves cooking and sharing food, a key part of Appalachian culture, but she was surprised to find out how little her diabetes patients knew about eating right.===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/blood-sugar-rising/home/portraits/laura-grueser/ by Laura Grueser] | |||
Laura is the lead community health worker in Meigs County, Ohio. Diagnosed with pre-diabetic about eight years ago, she admits, “I didn’t really understand really what the big deal was.” But she read up on diabetes and decided to be an example to her clients by living a healthier lifestyle and controlling her blood sugar levels. She was so successful that now, she says, “I’m able to say to my patients, ‘You really can do something about controlling your own diabetes.’” She travels around this rural Appalachian county working with clients, many of whom are Type 2 diabetic, elderly, and low income. | |||
=====New law caps insulin prices for some with diabetes, but cost remains high for others===== | =====New law caps insulin prices for some with diabetes, but cost remains high for others===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-law-caps-insulin-prices-for-some-with-diabetes-but-cost-remains-high-for-millions by Laura Barrón-López 16/1/24 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-law-caps-insulin-prices-for-some-with-diabetes-but-cost-remains-high-for-millions by Laura Barrón-López 16/1/24 PBS NEWS] | ||
