Taking Control of Your Diabetes - Louisiana

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Taking Control of Your Diabetes - Louisiana

Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Time: 9:00:00 AM
Location: Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70065

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Name: Michele Huie
Telephone: 1-800-998-2693

In partnership with Tulane University and Ochsner Health System, Taking Control of Your Diabetes will hold its critically acclaimed conference for people living with diabetes on May 10th from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, LA. The TCOYD conference, lunch and health fair brings national and local medical experts in diabetes care to people with all types of diabetes, those at risk for diabetes, and their loved ones for a day of highly informative and motivational programs.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana ranks among the 10 states with the highest prevalence of diabetes. For 2006, the State estimates the dollar cost of diabetes to be 2.4 billion, and 418 million for Congressional District 2, comprising New Orleans & surrounding areas.

At the TCOYD conference, leading specialists from across the country, many of whom have diabetes, will offer practical advice to those living with the disease, and discuss the latest developments in treatments, the complications of the disease, psychological barriers to controlling diabetes, nutritional issues and much more. TCOYD participants can hear lectures, participate in screenings, experiment with some different forms of exercise and speak one-on-one with diabetes specialists.

A health fair with 50 informational exhibits from national and local diabetes-related companies and organizations will be open throughout the day. Lunch is included and will feature speaker Urban Miyares, blinded Vietnam veteran. Presumed dead following an ambush on his platoon, Miyares was found in a diabetic coma in a body bag, and subsequently diagnosed with diabetes. Miyares has succeeded in his life and career as an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, mentor, television and film personality, and world-class athlete.

Pre-registration is recommended. Registration fees are $10 per person. Registration fees include lunch, healthy snacks, and all conference activities. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING TCOYD. Onsite registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and costs $15. The conference is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To register or get more information, call 800-998-2693.

TCOYD is a San Diego-based 501c3 diabetes education organization dedicated to informing and empowering people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to take an active role in their health. This is the 95th event in the national series of conferences that the organization has presented since 1995, and the second in New Orleans.

Steven V. Edelman, MD, founder and director of Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 15. Edelman, an internationally recognized leader in diabetes treatment, research and education, says, "It is my conviction, that health care in this country will improve when the people living with diabetes themselves are informed and empowered to take an active role in their own condition." Dr. Edelman practices and teaches at the VA Medical Center in San Diego, and the University of California, San Diego.


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