TREAT
In addition to support with lifestyle changes, hy-vee offers blood sugar monitors and medications that can IMPACT THE BODY’s insulin production or response. Speak to your
hy-vee pharmacist.
STOP IN, CALL OR EMAIL YOUR LOCAL HY-Vee
pharmacY FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT
services. Hy-Vee pharmacists collaborate with store dietitians to provide screenings,
blood sugar monitoring and guidance.
help from Hy-Vee
THE LATEST IN DIABETES TECHNOLOGY
Advancements include injector pens that link with a phone app, implanted sensors that report glucose levels, and tiny computerized pumps that deliver insulin through a tube under the skin. More traditional (and affordable) tech includes insulin inhalers and a finger stick glucose meter (see Care Touch blood glucose monitoring system) that includes lancets and test strips.
Let a Hy-Vee pharmacist field your questions about diabetes treatment.
DIABETES EDUCATION SYSTEM
Hy-Vee Pharmacy Services offer diabetes medication reviews and suggest possible med adjustments if needed. Diabetes-specialist pharmacists train clients how to use medical devices.
SCREENINGS
Hy-Vee pharmacists administer free hemoglobin A1C blood tests that people with diabetes can use to monitor their blood sugar levels. A1C tests provide an average level of blood glucose over a 2- to 3-month period. Check stores for availability.
know your risk
According to Cleveland Clinic, healthy blood glucose levels are less than 140 milligrams per deciliter (nonfasting), less than 100 mg/dL (fasting) and below 5.7% (A1C test). Besides poor diet, being overweight or inactive and smoking, the following are risk factors for diabetes:
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT THERAPY
Hy-Vee pharmacists can explain how best to take meds, potential interactions with other meds and side effects. The service is especially helpful for those taking more than one medication or who have more than one health condition.
RACE/ETHNICITY
Black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian-American people and Pacific Islanders are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than Caucasians. Reasons are unclear.
FAMILY HISTORY
Having a parent or sibling with Type 1 diabetes, prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes increases the odds of having those types of diabetes as well as gestational diabetes.
AGE
Being age 45 or older increases risk for Type 2 diabetes. Being over
25 years old increases risk for gestational diabetes, which increases risk for Type 2 diabetes.
hy-vee JDRF partnership
For 20 years Hy-Vee has worked with JDRF (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), the world’s largest nonprofit funder of research on Type 1 diabetes, toward finding a cure and advancing access to new therapies. Hy-Vee sponsors auctions and donates items to raise money, and many Hy-Vee store directors serve on JDRF chapter boards. Store employees also volunteer on fund-raising events.
HY-VEE SUPPORTS JDRF's MISSION WITH:
• JDRF sneaker
sale campaigns
• JDRF One Walk®
• JDRF Ride to
Cure Diabetes
18.8
million dollars raised by Hy-Vee over the past 20 years for JDRF efforts to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
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