Featuring Tony Award Winner Ben Vereen and racecar Driver Charlie Kimball, Both Living Well With Diabetes
NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 2, 2010)—Taking Control of Your Diabetes will hold its critically acclaimed conference for people living with diabetes on May 8th from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Pontchartrain Center. The TCOYD conference, lunch and health fair brings national and local medical experts in diabetes care to people living with 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 with approximately 10% of residents being diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. For 2007, the State estimates the dollar cost of diabetes to be $2.4 billion.
At the TCOYD conference, leading specialists such as Dr. Steven Edelman, internationally recognized leader in diabetes treatment and Founder and Director of TCOYD, Lawrence Blonde, MD, FACP, FACE of Ochsner Health, conference co-director Dr. Vivian Fonseca of Tulane University and other medical professionals from across the country will offer an event that provides practical advice to those living with the disease, discusses the latest developments in treatments, the complications of the disease, psychological barriers to controlling diabetes, nutritional issues and much more.
“This TCOYD conference will give people an edge on the information and empowerment they need to live well with diabetes,” said Dr. Steven Edelman, Founder and Director of TCOYD.
TCOYD conference participants can hear lectures, participate in screenings, experiment with different forms of exercise and speak one-on-one with diabetes specialists such as certified diabetes educators, podiatrists, dieticians and more.
“Here I am at 54 learning how to make changes and take my life back. TCOYD has given me hope,” says a 2008 New Orleans conference attendee.
In addition to the conference, a health fair with approximately 50 informational exhibits from national and local diabetes-related companies and organizations will be open throughout the day. Lunch is included and will feature a presentation by Tony Award winning actor, dancer and singer Ben Vereen, who has been living well with type 2 diabetes. Vereen will speak about living with diabetes and the benefits of TCOYD and sanofi-aventis U.S.’ “Start Taking Action Now for Diabetes” (S.T.A.N.D) program. Likewise, open wheel racecar driver Charlie Kimball will speak about living with type 1 diabetes and being the only licensed Indy car driver in history with the disease.
Pre-registration is recommended. Registration fees are $10 per person. Fees include a banquet lunch, healthy snacks and all conference activities. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING TCOYD. On-site 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, get more information or learn more about the conference schedule, call 800-998-2693 or visit the event’s page at: http://tcoyd.org/national-
About TCOYD and Dr. Steven Edelman:
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 117thevent 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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