October 23, 2006
SAN DIEGO TO HOST 12th ANNUAL PREMIER DIABETES EDUCATION, MOTIVATION CONFERENCE
Nationally-renowned patient conference on latest treatments for diabetes
SUMMARY: Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), 501(c)3 invites people with all types of diabetes to its 12th annual flagship program for a full day of seminars, workshops and one-on-one opportunities with leading experts in diabetes care, to the San Diego Convention Center on November 18. This is the 78th conference nation-wide.
WHAT: CONFERENCE ON LATEST TREATMENTS OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
WHO: People with diabetes and their loved ones
WHEN: Sat., Nov. 18, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA - The premier patient education conference on latest treatments of diabetes and its complications for people with diabetes returns to San Diego on November 18th. A staggering 1 in 3 Americans born in 2000 will be diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime, and the highest risk for diabetes is among Hispanic females where the incidence passes 1 in 2 persons. * Education for people living with the disease has been recognized as crucial to the health of the nation, and the State of California. Currently about 23 million people in the United States have some form of diabetes - and this number will increase as the obesity epidemic continues. San Diego, in a county of nearly a quarter million people with diabetes, is hosting a not-for-profit educational and motivational event to aid those with this chronic, costly and frequently debilitating disease.
The conference, which will be held Saturday, November 18 at the San Diego Convention Center, brings national and local medical experts in diabetes care to people with all types of diabetes and their loved ones for a day of highly informative and motivational programs. Leading specialists discuss new medicines and technologies for treating diabetes, the complications of the disease, psychological barriers to controlling diabetes and legal issues faced by people with the disease.
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. Completing his specialty training at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, and voted among the Best Doctors in San Diego for the past three years, Edelman has practiced and taught at both UCSD and the Veterans Affairs Health System since 1990. He is an internationally recognized leader in diabetes treatment, research and education. Edelman began TCOYD, a San Diego-based 501(c)3 corporation, in the mid 90s. Edelman said, "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." Health professionals from UCSD Medicine, The Whittier Institute, Behavioral Diabetes Institute, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and a host of other San Diego healthcare providers have partnered with Taking Control of Your Diabetes, to hold this premier conference and health fair.
The not-for-profit TCOYD presents conferences and health fairs focused on providing individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and their family members practical advice and developments in treatment of the disease. TCOYD participants hear lectures, attend workshops and speak one-on-one with diabetes specialists, including physicians, pharmacists, exercise physiologists, pediatricians, psychologists, dieticians, educators and foot specialists.
"With the increase in obesity, more and more Californians are being diagnosed every day with diabetes. This conference and health fair is a great way to learn as much as you possibly can in one day and in one location from a variety of diabetes experts. TCOYD educates, motivates and empowers individuals and families living with diabetes to take control of their diabetes," said Edelman.
The conference session topics include: nutrition; hypoglycemia; raising children with diabetes; insulin therapies; diabetes and women's health issues, and treatments for the effects of diabetes on the heart, nervous system, emotional health, feet and eyes.
A health fair with 60 informational exhibits from national and local diabetes-related companies and organizations will be open throughout the day. Lunch is included and will feature speaker Bo Irvine, a national-headlining comedian whose personal experience with diabetes has shaped his comic genius, inspiring people with diabetes through humor.
Seventy-seven (77) TCOYD conferences have been held throughout the United States during the past 11 years. More than 2000 attendees and 60 pharmaceutical and health care exhibitors are expected to attend the 2006 San Diego TCOYD Conference and Health Fair.
Pre-registration is recommended. Early registration fees are $40 for one person, or $35 per person when two or more people register together. Registration fees include lunch, healthy snacks and all conference activities. Onsite registration begins at 7:30 and costs $45. The Conference is from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Financial aid is available for those who need assistance. More information is available by calling 800-998-2693 or visiting www.tcoyd.org
*JAMA 2003:1884-1890
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