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By Maggie Powers, PhD, RD, CDE; Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE; and Rita Mays, MS, RD, LN [Copyright 2011, Minnesota Physician Publishing. This article originally appeared in Minnesota Physician 25(9): 30–31, 36, and is published with permission.] The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) slogan is “Stop Diabetes.” If this is really possible, why is the [...]

Systemic disease, system interventions Working with patients and families who live with diabetes By Tai J. Mendenhall, PhD, LMFT, CFT, and Max Zubatsky, MA, LAMFT Diabetes is one of the most widespread chronic diseases in the United States; current estimates of those afflicted exceed 25 million people. Prevalence estimates have increased sixfold since the 1950s, [...]