If
you or your patient is a gadget person then the Therasense Tracker is
a must have tool for managing your diabetes. Read
about my personal experience.
Diabetes
In Control will be giving the “Medical
Professional’s Choice Award” to the company with the most
innovative diabetes product or service of the new millennium.
Please nominate the product or service you feel has made the
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Dr
Jennifer Larson, MD,
University
of Nebraska Medical Center, gave
a very informative overview of Pancreas,
Islet, and Kidney Transplantation: Metabolic and Endocrine
Consequences, at the Endo2002 conference. We have an overview
of her presentation, click
here
Make
sure you read this weeks’ feature from Kristina
Sandstedt, MS, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Diabetes Educator; The
Role of Exercise in the Treatment of Arthritis, it talks about
the relationship of arthritis and diabetes and how exercise can
improve both conditions.
There
are a few more spots available for the SnoreQuell
Study.
This
week in Dr. Bernstein's column we have an article called: “The Soft
Science of Dietary Fat” It attempts to answer the question:
Will
eating a low-fat diet help you live longer?
Click
Here
Watch
for information for the upcoming AADE convention in Philadelphia.
We will have a booth with some exciting information on new
studies, new programs, new products that you can try, great prizes for
you and much, much more. Make
sure you put it in your calendar to stop by our booth #919 and check
it out.
We
put the final touches on the AADE Affiliate free Web site Program.
Please visit http://www.fwcade.org
and then if you would like a free site for your chapter visit http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/aadeaffil.htm
to find out how
Consider
making Diabetes in Control Your home page.
Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief ; Steve Freed, Publisher
Advertorial
The
Hyperactive Platelet in Type 2 Diabetes
Credits:
2.00 hours AMA PRA category 1
Fee:
None
Sponsor:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Notes:
This
program covers the impact of diabetes on the risk of atherothrombosis,
recent advances in antiplatelet therapy, and different strategies for
acute coronary syndrome specific to the diabetic patient. This FREE
on-line enduring material
CME activity, sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
Texas, offers 2 hours of AMA PRA
category 1 credit for those who successfully complete the posttest,
evaluation, and registration forms.
This CME Circle activity is
hosted on
Medscape and
was developed from the proceedings of a satellite symposium
held in conjunction with the American Diabetes Association 61st
Scientific Session held June 25, 2001, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
To
access this free on-line activity, click here
Product
Update:
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1.
New
Drug Restores Eyesight*
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2.
Diabetes
Management Market Predicted to Explode*
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3.
Night-Light
May Prevent Diabetic Eye Damage*
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4.
Simvastatin
Lowers CV Risk and Mortality
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5.
ADA: Post-Challenge
Glucose Levels Correlated Directly to Cardiovascular Outcomes
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Here
6.
ADA: Metformin Decreases
Cardiovascular Events in Diabetics
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Here
7.
Orlistat
Helpful for Obese Type 2 Diabetics
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8.
Diabetics Must Control
Hypertension
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Here
9.
UK
Diabetes Targets Too Aggressive?
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10.
Americans Getting
Fatter Faster
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11.
New
Test Predicts Which Type 2’s Will Become Type 1’s Within 5 Years*
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12.
Alcohol
Unlikely to Cut Diabetes Risk
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13.
ADA: Nateglinide
Effectively Lowers Hemoglobin A1c in Type 2 Diabetics
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14.
Early Statin Therapy
After Coronary Event Does Not Appear to Improve Outcome
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15.
Effectiveness
of a Physician - Patient Education Program in Diabetes Management
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16.
Risk
for Type 1 Diabetes Greater in Overweight Children
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17.
Anti-Inflammatory
Effect of Rosiglitazone in Obese Diabetic Patients
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18.
Special
Cell Prevents Diabetes
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19.
Increasing Aspirin Use to 90% Could Save over
8,000 Lives a Year!
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20.
Advanced Glycation End
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News
Flash - News Flash
Therasense
Announces Launch of CoPilot, A
Data Management Program
Freestyle(TM)
Testing Systems Can Upload to New Web Portal for More Comprehensive Data
and Diabetes Management. CoPilot
will allow analysis
and communication of glucose levels by healthcare providers and people
with diabetes. To Learn
more Click
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Open
Studies for your participation
(Educators
have said that just by participating in a study, they can get better
outcomes)
1.
SnoreQuell
Patient Experience Survey: will
evaluate the effectiveness of this product in decreasing or eliminating
snoring. This will be determined by comparing before and after
questionnaires to be completed by each participant. This survey is open
to educators, diabetes patients and their partners.
Click
Here
2.
Gym Study II: Gymnemosupium
II A
combination of the extracts of Gymnema sylvestre, Pterocarpus marsupium,
Diachrome and Vanadium
3. RELAXATION – WarmFeet® study Version
II
Open
For Registration (less labor intensive version)
Soon
to Open Studies...
1.
A new feedback study for you and your patients- Using a
medical/nutritional assessment survey
2.
The S.T.E.P. study, 10,000
Steps To Enhanced Prevention
Quote
of the Week
Kristina
Sandstedt,
MS,
Clinical
Exercise
Physiologist,
Diabetes
Educator
New
Drug Restores Eyesight*
