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Diabetes Research: Funding research to find a cure

Diabetes Research: Funding research to find a cure

https://youtu.be/A5QR3QYeGu8 (November 2020) As a scientist studying the debilitating, potentially deadly effects of type one diabetes, Dr. Norma Kenyon, of the Diabetes Research Institute is passionate about the goal: finding a cure. Thanks to the funding from the...

A Mother’s Story on Why Donating is Critical

A Mother’s Story on Why Donating is Critical

https://youtu.be/BeJG41Vb-c4 The Diabetes Research Institute is working tirelessly on the search for a cure. For one mother, knowing that the institute is doing everything they can to help so many, gives her hope. Donating to the Diabetes Research Institute helps our...

The History of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

The History of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

https://youtu.be/oIZvfBkbLbk (November 2020) Learn about how five families came together to create the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation in hopes of finding a cure for diabetes. It started with a small group of parents in South Florida in 1971. Their children had...

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and YOU can Help

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and YOU can Help

Throughout the month of November, we join together with the global diabetes community to raise awareness about what it's like to live with this often-invisible disease and why it's important to find a cure now. With the world tuned in to constant news about the...

A Message from DRIF CEO Sean Kramer the Importance of Thinking Big

A Message from DRIF CEO Sean Kramer the Importance of Thinking Big

(October 2020) I’ve always had a theory that Big Ideas leads to Big Gifts and Small Ideas leads to Small Gifts. Though I’ve never explored the actual rationale behind the theory. I suppose at the point we find ourselves in today’s world that it makes sense to put...

A Message from DRIF CEO Sean Kramer In Response to the Pandemic

A Message from DRIF CEO Sean Kramer In Response to the Pandemic

https://youtu.be/fUoRsqGb3tk (August 2020) At the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, we have faced the pandemic with a view toward the future. As cases of the novel coronavirus began presenting and comorbidities like diabetes impacted patients at significantly...

Eat Your Pantry!

Eat Your Pantry!

Content provided by the Diabetes Research Institute's Education and Nutrition ServiceMaddison Saalinger, MS, RD, LDN Items in the pantry oftentimes sit on the shelf to later be forgotten. Since many people continue to stay safe at home, it's a great time to do a...

7 Tips to Minimize Snacking and Keep Your Health in Check

7 Tips to Minimize Snacking and Keep Your Health in Check

Content provided by the Diabetes Research Institute's Education and Nutrition ServiceMaddison Saalinger, MS, RD, LDN Does COVID-19 safety precautions and shelter-in-place orders have you walking back and forth to the kitchen? You’re not alone! Whether its emotional...

DRIF Appoints Two Nonprofit Sector Veterans to Leadership Roles

DRIF Appoints Two Nonprofit Sector Veterans to Leadership Roles

HOLLYWOOD, FL (May 7, 2020) -The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) today announced the appointment of Tiffany Bedran as its Chief Administrative Officer, and Amy Powers, MBA, MSTX, as its Chief Development Officer. Both are seasoned, high-level nonprofit...

Diabetes Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Emergencies

Diabetes Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Emergencies

Content provided by the Diabetes Research Institute's Education and Nutrition ServiceWhether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, during times of stress and illness, blood sugars may change rapidly leading to extreme high or low blood sugars. Visits to the Emergency...

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