Diabetes Expo 2005 Features Free TrialNet Risk Screening

Date:  October 17, 2005  

The Diabetes Center Foundation proudly announces Diabetes Expo 2005 will be held on Saturday, October 29 at Jerome High School. This one-day educational event is free to the public and designed for persons with diabetes, their families, and people who want to learn more about the disease. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. 
Between 8:30 – 3 p.m. there will also be a free TrialNet Risk Screening for families with Type 1 Diabetes. TrialNet (an international network of experts) will screen relatives of individuals with Type 1 Diabetes to find out if they are at risk for developing the disease themselves. Screening involves a simple blood test. You are eligible to participate if you are:

• 1-45 years with a sibling, child or parent with Type 1 diabetes or,

• 1-20 years with a cousin, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, grandparent or half-sibling with Type 1 diabetes. 
  
  NOTE: Because TrialNet will test for multiple autoantibodies associate with Type 1 diabetes; eligible family members are encouraged to be re-screened even if they were tested under DPT-1
  
  Presentations and break out sessions will be held between 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Topics include:
  
  9:10 – 10 a.m. “Family and Diabetes” – Lawrence Fisher, PHD Professor ~ UCSF and Editor of Diabetes Care magazine
  
  10:00 – 10:50 a.m. “Preventing and Treating Diabetic Kidney Disease” – Rob Jones MD Professor ~ University of Utah Department of Endocrine and Metabolism
  
  11 a.m. -12 noon Breakout Sessions: 

• “Nutrition & Weight Loss” – Kristen Ritzenthaler, PHD ~ Idaho Dairy Council

• "New medications for Type 1” – Becky Sulik, RD, LD, CDE ~ Rocky Mountain Diabetes and Osteoporosis Center

• “Medicines for Type 2 and How They Work for You” – Dick Roemer, RPh ~ Kurt’s Pharmacy

• “Diabetes Online – Where To Go, What To Do” – Janet Renaldi RN, CDE ~ MVRMC Diabetes Education Program
  
  12 noon – 12:45 p.m. Lunch sponsored by the Idaho Dairy Council
  
  12:50 – 1:45 p.m. “Changing Our Stories: Diabetes and Clinical Research” – Christine Webber ~ Benaroya Research Institute
  
  1:50 – 2:45 p.m. “Diabetes and Heart Disease” – Daniel Brown, MD ~ Southern Idaho Cardiology Associates
  
  2:50 – 3:30 Breakout Sessions:

• “Diabetes & Eye Disease” – Mike Taylor

• “Insulin Pump Therapy for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes” – Cynthia Fielding RN, CDE, CPT ~ MiniMed Technologies

• “What About Insurance?” – Mike Belgard & Joe Shaw ~ Waddell & Reed

• “Foot Problems: What To Look For, How To Get Help” – Cory Pilling, DPM, Craig Holman DPM

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(News Editors: For more information call 308-2475 or email annxbybee@sbfmc.org.)