Diabetes:
Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024
- Section 10 of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) current clinical practice recommendations intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care.
Retinopathy, Neuropathy, and Foot Care: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024
- Section 12 of the ADA current clinical practice recommendations for diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy, and foot care.
Navigating Religious Fasting in Diabetes Management
- The ADA Institute of Learning provides information around recalling different types of fasting and their impact on glycemic management, recognizing the risks associated with fasting for people with diabetes, and recalling how to quantify and minimize the risk of fasting.
Integrating CHWs in Diabetes Care Teams
- The ADA providers resources to introduce quality improvement principles and integrate community health workers (CHWs) into primary care teams. These tools support both facilitators and CHWs in enhancing care delivery and improving health outcomes through effective collaboration and training.
Nutrition in Diabetes Prevention
- The ADA Diabetes Prevention Alliance (DPA) shares resources to help patients choose balanced meals, control portions, develop sustainable eating habits, empower patients to manage their health and prevent diabetes.
- Register to review the importance of early type 1 diabetes detection and present evidence-based recommendations and practical approaches for identifying patients who are appropriate for screening. The webinar will take place on April 28th, 2025, at 10:00am.
Cholesterol Management and Statin Therapy:
March 24th is Lipoprotein Awareness Day!
- The National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention provides comprehensive resources and information on supporting heart health and lowering cholesterol.
Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024
- Using the “Article Contents,” see sections: Statin Therapy > Primary Prevention and Statin Therapy > Secondary Prevention for the full list of recommendations and guidance on tailoring treatment plans based on several factors, including patient age and risk factors.
- See section: Combination Therapy for LDL Cholesterol Lowering for options and details on efficacy.
- See section: Treatment of Other Lipoprotein Fractions or Targets for treatment of hypertriglyceridemia and a brief mention that evidence for use of drugs to target low HDL.