diabetes

Diabetes affects many people in the U.S. but Lubbock County has 33,000 people living with the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association.

I think one of the hardest things a parent can go through is dealing with a child with a chronic condition such as diabetes.

Covenant Community Outreach is offering free courses on living with diabetes ranging into the fall to those who qualify.

Registered dietitian Brenda Duby with United Family of Supermarkets spoke with Tom Collins and Laura Mac of Lubbock's First News about November being Diabetes Awareness Month.

Covenant Health will host a support group focusing on living with diabetes. The group will meet the first Monday of each month throughout the remainder of 2014 and discuss new topics each time. The next meeting will take place Monday, July 7, 2014 and the topic of the meeting will be insulin and medication...

On Wednesday's edition of Lubbock's First News, Sarina Chasco of Community Health Centers of Lubbock talked with Tom Collins and Laura Mac about an upcoming health screening.

To see if you qualify for the course, call 806-725-5218.

Covenant Medical Center will offer a series of free classes to help people with diabetes improve their quality of living. The four week class begins Thursday February 16th and runs from 9:30 to 11:30 at the Covenant Counseling Center at 1302 Broadway...