Tag: diabetes

  • East Brunswick Library to hold diabetes care workshops

    East Brunswick Library to hold diabetes care workshops

    Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network is partnering with Middlesex County Office of Health Services to provide free diabetes workshops as part of the “Everyone with Diabetes Counts” program. The free six-week workshops will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 15 to Oct. 27, excluding Sept. 22, at the East Brunswick Library,…

  • East Brunswick Library to present health initiative programs

    East Brunswick Library to present health initiative programs

    The “Just For The Health Of It!” consumer health initiative will offer three health programs this month on a variety of topics at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive. The library is partnering with Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. and the Middlesex County Office of Health Services to offer a…

  • Diabetes, meditation part of Old Bridge Library workshops in September

    Diabetes, meditation part of Old Bridge Library workshops in September

    The Old Bridge Library will continue its regular offerings of health and wellness programs with the following sessions in September: Learn to Control Your Diabetes will run from 1-3:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 7-Oct. 19. This workshop is geared for Medicare recipients afflicted with diabetes. It is sponsored by the Regional Chronic Disease Coalition of Middlesex…

  • Diabetes workshops geared toward South Asian community

    Diabetes workshops geared toward South Asian community

    The Old Bridge Public Library will offer a five-part South Asian Wellness and Management Diabetes Education program that will provide a comprehensive guide for living with, and successfully managing, diabetes, particularly for those in the South Asian community. The sessions will run from 1-3 p.m. on Thursdays, April 27-May 25 at the Old Bridge Library, 1…

  • NJ 2-1-1 provides resources for public concerning diabetes prevention

    NJ 2-1-1 provides resources for public concerning diabetes prevention

    WHIPPANY — NJ 2-1-1 is supporting the State of New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) in its effort to link New Jerseyans with community-based resources that are focused on dealing with a critical public health concern: preventing and managing diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, also commonly known as “adult onset” diabetes, is on the rise in…