Tag: Nutrition
Abbott funds research on CGM-nutrition connection
June 27, 2023HME News Staff
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., and ARLINGTON, Va. – Abbott is providing a $2.65 million grant over the next three years to the American Diabetes Association to enable the ADA to, among other things, launch two pilot programs targeted at adults with Type 2 diabetes to gain a deeper understanding of the role a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system can play in personalized therapeutic nutrition.
These programs will leverage CGM data to understand how they help people with diabetes achieve their...
ACHC launches nutrition distinction
April 24, 2018HME News Staff
CARY, N.C. - The Accreditation Commission for Health Care has launched a Distinction in Nutrition Support (NTS), the industry's first, it says. The distinction augments the company's infusion pharmacy accreditation, allowing providers to demonstrate their expertise in the provision of nutrition products and formulas, as well as their commitment to optimal patient care, according to a press release. “The Distinction in Nutrition Support focuses on nutrition-specific pharmacy operations and the...
Sowing the seeds
April 3, 2012Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
Over the past couple of years, I have gotten more and more into eating whole, fresh foods. Sunday afternoon, I took it a step further.
I started a veggie garden. Which for a girl who hates the feeling of dirt under her well-manicured nails is pretty impressive, if I may say so myself.
Heavily bundled against the early spring chill, I sowed a seed flat with jalapenos and sweet peppers, then stuck it on top of the entertainment center in my living room where they will hopefully, in 10 to 14 days, do...