Diabetes Management Program
 The WakeMed Diabetes Management Program Can Help
Our caring, experienced staff of diabetes nurse clinicians and dietitians can help you learn to control your diabetes by eating healthy, exercising and taking your medications properly. We provide this education and support through our Outpatient Program and, if you need to be in the hospital, through our Inpatient Services. Services are available at WakeMed's Raleigh campus and WakeMed Cary Hospital.
To learn more about the programs and services offered through WakeMed's Diabetes Management Program, click on any of the following related links.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
Do You Have A Family Member With Type 1 Diabetes?
If the answer is "yes" then you and your family may have a unique opportunity to join in the fight against diabetes. Researchers from The University of Florida and WakeMed Children's Diabetes and Endocrinology, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health and Clinical Centers across the country, are seeking a better understanding of how type 1 diabetes develops. TrialNet researchers are also searching for ways to both prevent and quickly medically intervene in those newly diagnosed with the disease.
For TrialNet's Natural History Study, researchers are seeking to test family members of people with type 1 diabetes to determine if these family members show signs of developing the disease.
Parents, brothers, and sisters of those who have type 1 diabetes, ages 1-45 and cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and grandchildren ages 1-20 can be tested for their risk of developing type 1 diabetes free of charge.
Benefits of participating in the study include: finding out your family members' risk level for developing diabetes; possibly receiving an early diagnosis of diabetes which would allow for early treatment; and contributing to the fight against type 1 diabetes. Data from the study is used to develop diabetes prevention studies and to help scientists better understand the natural progression of the disease.
To learn more about TrialNet, go to their website - www.diabetestrialnet.org
To schedule a Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet screening test, call (919) 350-7584.
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