Lori Berard, Author at Diabetes Care Community

Lori Berard

Lori Berard is a Diabetes Educator with an expertise in diabetes education, management and clinical research. She is currently an international consultant in diabetes management and clinical research operations. She was the Nurse Manager at the WRHA Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Diabetes Research Group and a Faculty Member at the University of Manitoba Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology until July 2017. As a certified diabetes educator, she has over 30 years’ experience in the area of diabetes and continues working in the community as a Diabetes Nurse Clinician/Educator at the Wellness Institute Seven Oaks General Hospital. She continues to be actively involved in many research and educational initiatives with numerous presentations and publications. Lori has been a professional member and major volunteer of Diabetes Canada for more than 25 years and has extensive experience with the Clinical Practice Guidelines. She has received many honours and awards related to her work in diabetes.

Revised guidelines for diabetes management: part 3

Lori Berard June 9, 2013 Diabetes guidelines, Management

In this blog I would like to talk about the numbers in the new clinical practice guidelines. What do I mean by numbers?

Revised guidelines for diabetes management: part 2

Lori Berard April 28, 2013 Diabetes guidelines, Management

In my last blog, I provided some general information regarding the newly released Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Revised guidelines for diabetes management and prevention

Lori Berard April 8, 2013 Diabetes guidelines, Management

It is a very exciting time for diabetes care and education and Canada! April 8 the Canadian Diabetes Association released the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada.

Educational and support needs of people with diabetes

Lori Berard March 18, 2013 Support

Lets talk about something a little different in research. When we think about research, we commonly think about studying new medications or interventions.

Research about diabetes and heart disease – what’s the latest?

Lori Berard August 13, 2012 Management

Today, I want to talk about what is new in research in type 2 diabetes and heart disease. For the last several years, we have been learning about whether or not controlling blood glucose levels to very specific targets can prevent the progression of heart disease

FIT – forum for injection technique

Lori Berard May 20, 2012 Insulin, Other medications

Did you know that how medication is injected, where medication is injected and what medication is injected with is as important as the medication itself?

Hypertension and diabetes

Lori Berard April 1, 2012 Managing complications

Over the past few weeks, you have been able to read about hypertension high blood pressure. There is no doubt that for everyone, proper control of blood pressure is key to preventing heart attack and stroke.