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Long Island Type One Nation Summit 2018 Type 1 Diabetes Educational Networking |
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at Long Island Hilton in Melville, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York |
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March 24, 2018 |
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8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Hilton Long Island (Huntington) |
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598 Broadhollow Road |
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Melville, NY 11747 |
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Description: |
Long Island Type One Nation Summit 2018 Type 1 Diabetes Educational Networking at Long Island Hilton in Melville, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
The Type One Nation Summit is a free, half-day educational and networking opportunity for the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community. The summit allows T1D experts, physicians and researchers to share their knowledge on the latest treatments, breakthroughs in research, and the psycho-social aspects of living (and thriving) with T1D. The event will feature multiple breakout sessions, workshops, and a robust exhibit hall of vendors representing the latest in diabetes management technology, resources, products and research. This event, featuring, Keynote Speaker Moira McCarthy Stanford, is designed for all ages and all stages and offers something for everyone: parents, children, teens, adults, grandparents, caregivers, school nurses, healthcare providers and more.
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our strength lies in our exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end T1D.
Vision: A world without type 1 diabetes.
Mission: JDRF's mission is to discover, develop and deliver advances that cure, better treat and prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D). Accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.
Why we fight type 1 diabetes: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to prevent it. And at present, there is no cure.
In T1D, your pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone the body needs to get energy from food. This means a process your body does naturally and automatically becomes something that now requires your daily attention and manual intervention. If you have T1D, you must constantly monitor your blood-sugar level, inject or infuse insulin through a pump, and carefully balance these insulin doses with your eating and activity throughout the day and night.
However, insulin is not a cure for diabetes. Even with the most vigilant disease management, a significant portion of your day will be spent with either high or low blood-sugar levels. These fluctuations place people with T1D at risk for potentially life-threatening hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic episodes as well as devastating long-term complications such as kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, blindness and amputation. |
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631-768-3389 |
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