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Navigating the Challenges of Diabetes Management Saturday, May 3, 2014 8:00 – 4:00 pm St. George Maronite Conference Center. Diabetes Nutrition Behavior Change. Obesity Hypertension Lipids. Registration Name: ______________________________________________________

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  1. Navigating the Challenges of Diabetes ManagementSaturday, May 3, 20148:00 – 4:00 pmSt. George Maronite Conference Center Diabetes Nutrition Behavior Change Obesity Hypertension Lipids Registration Name: ______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Phone #: ___________________________________________________ Email address: ______________________________________________ Registration fee $75.00 for Non-VA $20.00 for VA employees (Fee includes lunch, snacks and conference materials) St George Maronite Church Conference Center, 6070 Babcock Road, San Antonio, TX 78240 Register at the South Texas Diabetes Educators website www.stdeu.org This program is approved for 6.75 contact hours for Nurses The South Texas Veterans Health Care System Learning Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

  2. Objectives1.Discuss controversies in diabetes treatment options.2. Interpret recent guidelines and their impact on the management of adults and elderly with diabetes.3. Identify unique issues of obesity in various age and ethnic groups.4. Explore the medical benefits of weight loss including improvement in type 2 DM and other cardiovascular risk factors.5. Review the role of the kidney in the maintenance of normal glucose homeostasis.6. Discuss the role of the SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of Type 2 DM.7. Define the impact of hypertension in patients with DM.8. Identify, based on the latest information, blood pressure goals for DM and select comorbidities.9. Explore healthy eating patterns for people with diabetes across the age continuum

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