Freeware software project for diabetes patients from Germany
Freeware Software Project
for diabetes patients from Germany. SiDiaryWin and SiDiaryppc. This program
developed by 2 type 1 brothers from Germany can help your patients to...
Insulin Pump Therapy Protocol Rose Diabetes Center, Denver, CO
"You have been referred to us by your physician to be evaluated for the possibility of insulin pump therapy. We feel it is important for you to understand what to expect in terms of time commitment and finances prior to beginning. You will need to...
The Hampton’s Diet
Why I Wrote This Book:
FAT – what a scary word. It was for me anyway. I feared this word for most of my life – probably for as long as I knew what it meant. I no longer fear most aspects of this word, but I’ll get to that shortly. During the course of...
Issue 216 Item 1 New Study Shows Diabetes Management Program Reduces Costs, Impr
Study Findings Show An 8% Decrease In Cost.
As employers and employees alike face escalating health care costs and recent
reports show many patients aren't receiving medical care at recommended levels,
a newly released study concludes...
Issue 216 Item 2 Airlines To Offer In-Flight Disease Prevention Program
Program To Promote Passenger Health.
Song airlines hopes to soon have their passengers sweating in their seats.
Issue 216 Item 3 Undetected Damage from High Protein Diets
Type 2 Diabetics with elevated Homocysteine are almost two times more likely to
die within 5 years than non diabetic patients.
As the popularity of high protein diets like Atkins and South Beach grows,
so does the probability that the...
Issue 216 Item 4 Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia Is Common in Gestational Diabetes
Women with gestational diabetes are vulnerable to frequent episodes of asymptomatic hypoglycemia.
Issue 216 Item 5 Fosamax Boosts Bone in Older Women with Diabetes
Diabetic women treated with alendronate had increases in bone mineral density
of the spine and hip and at all sites.
Fosamax, a drug used to increase bone mineral density in older women, works
well for women with type 2 diabetes, according to...
Issue 216 Item 6 Sildenafil Treatment Less Effective in Men With Diabetes
Oral sildenafil is only moderately effective in the treatment of erectile dysfunction
in patients with diabetes.
"The response rate was lower and cardiovascular events were higher than
previously reported in nondiabetic patients,"...
Issue 216 Item 7 Link Found Between Overeating, Obestiy and Addiction
Evidence suggests chronic overeating can be a form of substance
Four UF studies published in the current issue of the Journal of Addictive
Diseases present new evidence linking overeating, obesity and addiction, and
could have treatment...
Issue 216 Item 8 Children Of Obese Parents At High Risk For Diabetes & Being Ove
64 Percent of children with overweight parents became overweight.
The factor that puts children at greatest risk of being overweight is having obese
parents, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers....
Issue 216 Item 9 Lidocaine Patch Helps with Diabetes Pain
Skin patch helps with hand and foot pain.
As reported in the Archives of Neurology, Dr. Richard L. Barbano, from the University of Rochester in New York, and colleagues tested the patch on 56 diabetic patients who had had nerve pain for longer than 3...
Issue 216 Item 10 New NCEP Guidelines Call For LDL Levels Of Below 70
NCEP Updates ATP III Guidelines With Evidence From Recent Statin Trials.
The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has updated their Adult Treatment
Panel (ATP) III guidelines with evidence derived from recent statin trials and
...
Issue 216 Item 11 Nonadherence Major Factor in Blood Pressure Control
Only about a third of persons with hypertension have controlled blood pressure.
Nonadherence to hypertensive therapy is a major factor leading to poor blood pressure control, according to a new report that provides a "conceptual framework of factors...
Issue 216 Item 12 Diabetes UP’S Cancer Death Risk
New research suggests diabetes increases the risk of death from pancreatic, colon, liver, breast and bladder cancer.
Moreover, this holds true even after accounting for obesity, which is common among diabetics and is a well-known risk factor for cancer.
Issue 216 Item 13 Parents Must Get Involved To Combat Childhood Obesity
Parents of overweight children treat mealtime differently than parents of healthy children.
Research suggests healthy-eating, active parents often pass their habits onto their kids, just as sedentary parents do, said Edward Laskowski, co-director of...
Issue 216 Item 14 Medication Adherence and Associated Hemoglobin A1c in Type 2
A 4-item questionnaire helps to predict patient medication-taking behavior.
Tight blood glucose control has been correlated with a reduction in diabetes complications.
Adherence to antidiabetic medications is crucial to achieving blood...
Issue 216 Item 15 52% Of Pharmacists' Providing Basic Diabetes Education
More diabetes education through community pharmacies is needed.
The object of the study was to determine the relationship between pharmacists'
attitudes toward diabetes and their involvement in diabetes patient education
in the community...
