Investing in Community Health To Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes Free SC Focuses on Women's Health With New Initiative
Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) aims to reduce diabetes and its complications in South Carolina. It is developing an innovative program that helps young women with diabetes take control of their health. The Women’s Health Initiative promotes wellness among women with diabetes and those who are at risk of developing the disease.
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Improving Surgery Outcomes for People With Diabetes
People with diabetes face a number of health risks. They are more likely to develop heart, gum or kidney disease. Surgery also poses a risk. Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) recently announced a program to address this issue. The South Carolina Surgical Quality Collaborative (SCSQC) Diabetes Initiative aims to get people with diabetes, or who are at risk of diabetes, as healthy as possible before planned surgery.
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Preventing Diabetes and Improving Birth Outcomes
Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) launched in 2020 with a mission to reduce health care gaps and improve the health of all South Carolinians affected by diabetes. Part of that effort includes focusing on prenatal health to improve pregnancy outcomes in women with diabetes.
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