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Foodily Inc. Free/iOS   Foodily is a great app to recommend to your patients who are looking for a little creative inspiration in their diets. The website the app taps into is the world’s largest social recipe network where they can discover and share any recipe on the web, including …

Change Talk: Childhood Obesity is a role-play simulation where you take the role of a healthcare provider and engage in a practice conversation with a virtual mother and her child. Through the conversation, you learn to apply Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques to help them identify motivation for change, supporting them …

When a patient is diagnosed with diabetes the first thing they will most likely do is go to the internet. This glossary, courtesy of dLife, will provide them the definitions for most of the medical terms they will see and make them more aware of their situation. Plus it will …

Healthy behaviors including weight control, moderate physical activity, and minimizing TV watching can avert up to 73% of CHD cases among women over 20 years… Overall mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the United States have declined in recent decades, but the rate has plateaued among younger women. …

  April Steen MSSW, LCSW   In the world of activity trackers there are many choices. The number one thing to consider when using these products is to find one that makes sense to you. If it’s not comfortable or user friendly, you will not use it and therefore defeats …

For an easy reference on the latest changes to the ADA's Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, just download and print out this 1-page summary of the 2015 revisions.

As Americans face growing health and financial burdens from preventable, non-communicable diseases such as CV disease, diabetes and cancers, a new study shows employers have a unique opportunity to improve employees’ health…. Dr. Katherine Tryon and Dr. Derek Yach from the Vitality Institute led the study, which involved a first-of-its-kind …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Continuing from my last column, here are additional reasons why your brain needs for you to be active related to changes in your brain hormones. Your brain can’t afford for you to be sedentary, at least not if you want to live long and …

ACTIVE Network, LLC $1.99 iOS/Android   Although many of our patients may not think running a 5K will ever be possible for them, this app shows that this goal may be more achievable than they believe. It offers very easy step-by-step guidelines and provides support throughout the training period. The …

Patient Handout: Your Job Your Rights (PDF)  Important information for your patients. This updated four-panel brochure addresses the issues of discrimination based on diabetes in the workplace. It outlines the laws, personal rights, federally mandated accommodations, and how to address discrimination. Know Your Rights (English) Know Your Rights (Spanish)