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Project Anacostia, Lapoldeon Williams, Abenezer Lemma, Janae Thomas, Kafoued Ouedraogo
Project Anacostia, Lapoldeon Williams, Abenezer Lemma, Janae Thomas, Kafoued Ouedraogo
DC Health and Academic Prep Program (DC HAPP)
Objectives Project Anacostia aims to [1] help meet the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing the disease burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) and improving the quality of life for all persons who have, or are at risk for, DM as outlined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [2] To increase community awareness of the social determinants of health related to obesity and diabetes. [3] Increase access to recreational facilities and healthy food options in Wards 7 &8 and [4] promote healthy lifestyle choices among youth in the Anacostia community.
Methods Our intervention is comprised of three progressive …
Glycemic Control And Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current Standard Treatment Vs. Closed-Loop Insulin Pumps, Kelsey Daley
Glycemic Control And Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current Standard Treatment Vs. Closed-Loop Insulin Pumps, Kelsey Daley
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
As of 2015, 9.4% of the US population had a diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Although most of the data sets studied encompass type 1 (T1) and type 2 (T2) DM data in all ages of patients, the focus of this project will be primarily on T1DM.
There are effective methods currently available for the management of T1DM patients. These methods include: closed-loop insulin pumps that integrate a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and insulin pump into one effective system that calculates the needed insulin doses through complicated algorithms, CGM with self-blood glucose monitoring calibrations (SBGM) and insulin administration, and SBGM …
50 Ways To Save Your Heart, David S. Schade, R. Philip Eaton
50 Ways To Save Your Heart, David S. Schade, R. Philip Eaton
Faculty Book Display Case
If you want to place a winning bet, bet that heart disease will kill you. Yes, you. Why? Because heart disease kills more people in the U.S. than any other disease, including cancer. We want to reverse that bet and save your life. How? You need to read this book and follow its simple recommendations. Many people have already jumped on the bandwagon and defied the probability of dying from heart disease. This book gives you the easy tools to do just that. Prevention costs practically nothing and you don’t have to give up anything. You only have to eat …
Quality Improvement: Implementing A Foot Exam To Improve Care For Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Emily Paprocki, Ryan Mcdonough, Tiffany Musick, Joseph Cernich
Quality Improvement: Implementing A Foot Exam To Improve Care For Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Emily Paprocki, Ryan Mcdonough, Tiffany Musick, Joseph Cernich
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