[412] Sign Up For Final 'Yes I Can' Diabetes Management Workshops

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Cindy Rhea, 615-904-8342

SIGN UP FOR FINAL ‘YES I CAN’ DIABETES MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS
Venues are MTSU Recreation Center and Adams Place Residential Facility

(MURFREESBORO) – The final gatherings in a series of “Yes I Can” Diabetes Self-Management Workshops are slated for Tuesdays from 4:45-7:15 p.m. May 3-June 7 at the Health, Wellness and Recreation Center on Blue Raider Dr. on the MTSU campus and Fridays from 1-3:30 p.m. May 6-June 10 at Adams Place, 1925 Memorial Blvd. in Murfreesboro.
“Yes I Can!” is a free six-session workshop series to help Type Two diabetics and people with pre-diabetes symptoms in Rutherford County improve their quality of life with techniques and strategies to help them manage their disease. Focal points include healthy eating, exercise, medications, preventing complications, medications, communication skills and more.
The Center for Health and Human Services at MTSU is supervising the workshops, which are funded under an agreement with the State of Tennessee.
The sessions are limited to 20 people each. Participants must be 18 years of age or over. A doctor’s referral is not required to attend.
For more information or to register, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/achcs/YesICan.shtml or contact Cindy Rhea at 615-904-8342 or crhea@mtsu.edu.

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