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Read Article   NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital’s Outpatient Department Manager, Lissa Merrill, PT, is pleased to announce that Karen Swan, RN, has accepted the role of Diabetes Nurse Educator at Stephens. Karen is a registered nurse of fifteen years, with six years of experience as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES). To become certified Karen had to have 1,000 hours educating and supporting people with diabetes and pass a written examination. Karen has a passion for helping people with diabetes. “Learning how to control your diabetes is important to good he...

Read Article   NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital’s Outpatient Department Manager, Lissa Merrill, PT, is pleased to announce that Karen Swan, RN, has accepted the role of Diabetes Nurse Educator at Stephens. Karen is a registered nurse of fifteen years, with six years of experience as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES). To become certified Karen had to have 1,000 hours educating and supporting people with diabetes and pass a written examination. Karen has a passion for helping people with diabetes. “Learning how to control your diabetes is important to good he...

Local News Hour Local News Hour: ( 4:36) U.S. Representative Blake Moore talks about the election and his plans for his first term taking over for retiring Representative Rob Bishop. ( 20:45) U.S. Ski and Snowboard Update with Communications Manager Lara Carlton and local freestyle skier Nick Page have an update. ( 30:21) Dr. Mairi Leining, Diabetes Program Medical Director and Internal Medicine Volunteer Physician at People’s Health Clinic has details on the effective Diabetes program that has been recognized by the  American Diabetes Association. Listen

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 21, 2020, the House and Senate passed fiscal year (FY) 2021 federal omnibus appropriations legislation that included the fifth measure passed by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to providing $1.4 trillion to fund the federal government through FY 2021, the legislation includes $900 billion in relief funds to address COVID-19. The bill also includes significant health care provisions unrelated to COVID-19, including a ban on surprise billing by health care providers. The House passed the legislation ...

Ending the Diabetes-COVID Disaster           Overview of Excess, Preventable COVID Diabetes Deaths in New York City, New York State and the Nation             When Loretta Fleming, a South Bronx public housing resident with diabetes, took local self-management classes after years of failed efforts at trying to  better control her diabetes, she was able to  reduce her A1C (a blood sugar measure) from a near lethal 11% to 6.5%.  She knew that by doing this  she was slashing her risks for kidney failure, amputation and a range of other diabetes –related complications; w...