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DIABETES IN CONTROL
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Evan
D.
Rosen,
M.D.,
Ph.D
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 Reducing
High
Blood
Glucose
in
the
Hospital:
An
Inside
Job
There
is
at
least
one
place,
where
blood
sugar
levels
are
often
allowed
to
run
high.
That
place
is
right
under
the
doctor’s
nose,
on
the
inpatient
wards
and
intensive
care
units
of
the
hospital.
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Dr. Eric S. Freedland
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 Eric S. Freedland, MD, brings us part 11 Manipulating
Macronutrient
Ratios-
Part
2, learn how changing ratios affect
outcomes
and
the
research
behind
these
“new”
ratios
Eric S.
Freedland, MD
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Dr.
Thomas Burke Ph.D
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 Summary
of
Prospective
Peripheral
Neuropathy
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of
220
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Showing
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Shafer
Monthly Feature
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 ANTIOXIDANTS
Antioxidants
have
received
a
lot
of
attention
in
recent
years,
in
relation
to
wellness
and
disease
prevention.
More
studies
are
needed
to
better
understand
how
antioxidants
may
affect
diabetes
management
and
treatment.
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By Sherri Shafer,
R.D., CDE,
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This Weeks Newsletter
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This Weeks Newsletter
July
24, 2002, Issue 114
From the Editors Desk:
If
you want to find out what you and your patients will be seeing in new
weight management concepts be sure to check out the program for the Second
National Weight Management Foods & Dietary Supplements Conference
to be held in Phoenix AZ in September.
Marilyn Porter, RD, CDE, brings us Developing
Strategies for enhancing Diabetes Education which highlights the
importance of using proper teaching techniques with children.
Eric
S. Freedland, MD, brings us part 11
Manipulating
Macronutrient Ratios- Part 2, learn how changing ratios affect
outcomes and the research behind these “new” ratios
“Choice
Award”
Please nominate the product or service you feel has made the
greatest impact on diabetes in the new millennium and you will be
entered in a drawing to WIN a scholarship to next years AADE meeting
in Salt Lake City. Click
Here
If
you want to know more about how snoring affects diabetes patients,
read SNORING
AND DIABETES by R. Keith Campbell, RPh, FASHP, FAPhA, CDE,
Associate Dean/Professor of Pharmacotherapy
Consider
making Diabetes in Control Your home page.
Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief ; Steve Freed, Publisher
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Happenings
at Diabetes In
Control’s AADE Booth #919
If
you are attending the AADE Meeting in Philadelphia, make sure you stop by our
booth #919.
 Scan
your Badge at the booth for a chance to win the Total Gym
for your whole body or the famous Gizelle,
which gives you seventeen cardio, stretching, and total body sculpting moves.
Meet
Dr. Richard K. Bernstein on Friday and get an autographed book the “Diabetes
Solution”.
Get
a ballot to nominate the most innovative diabetes product or service for the
new millennium. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
And you Can win A Great Prize! A Scholarship for next years AADE meeting in
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Find
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Pick
up your FREE invitation and register for the Breakfast Symposium “New
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Nutrition" (scheduled for August 9th from 6:30-7:45 a.m.) (Click
here to pre-register)
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The Diabetes In Control Conference Book will have special
markings throughout the book for prizes we will be giving away every
week for 4 weeks after the AADE Conference.
Make sure you pick yours up and take it home with you.
Winners will be posted in the newsletter and website.
Click here to see just some of the prizes.
Click
here for more Happenings at Booth #919
Stay
tuned, lots more to announce for the Diabetes In Control Booth #919
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75%
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1.
ADA Standards Miss-Diagnosed 69% of Those with Diabetes and 89% of IGT
Patients*
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Here
2.
Even in the Range of Nondiabetic Fasting Blood Glucose Levels, There Is an
Increasing Risk of CHD as the Glucose Level Increases
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Here
3.
Reversing Diabetes: GLP-1 Hormone Makes the News Again- THE GOOD!
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4.
GLP-1 Has Its Problems to Overcome – THE BAD!
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5.
Walk Away From Diabetes
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6.
How High-Dose Aspirin Improves Glucose Metabolism in Type 2
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7.
TYLENOL MAY PROTECT AGAINST DAMAGE CAUSED BY HEART DISEASE
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8.
Exercise Boosts Cholesterol-Lowering Diet Effects
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Here
9.
Elevated Risk of CVD Prior to Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes*
Click
Here
10.
Insulin Resistance Is a Predictor of CVD in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
Click
Here
11.
Aggressive Lipid Lowering Does Not Improve Endothelial Function in Type 2
Diabetes*
Click
Here
12.
'The Faces of Diabetes”: Discovery Health Channel And American Diabetes
Association Join Forces To Raise Awareness of the Silent Killer
Click
Here
13.
Diet High in Dairy Products Reduces Risk of Insulin Resistance*
Click
Here
14.
Delayed Insulin Responses to Rising and Falling Glucose in Subjects With
Impaired Glucose Tolerance
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Here
15.
Diabetes Care in the U.S. Vs. Canada
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Here
News
Flash - News Flash
'The
Faces of Diabetes”: Discovery Health Channel And American Diabetes
Association Join Forces To Raise Awareness of the Silent Killer
The
three-hour multi-program event will coincide with November's Diabetes Awareness
Month.
The
Discovery Health Channel announced a partnership with the American Diabetes
Association (ADA), to develop special programming to increase awareness of a
disease that is reaching epidemic proportions, not only in the United States,
but throughout the world. For more
information see Item 12
Quote
of the Week
"Progress
in every age results only from the fact that there are some men , and women
who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done."
Russel
W. Davenport
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DIABETES NEWS FLASH
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TOP
DIABETES STORIES
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 ADA
Standards Miss-Diagnosed 69% of Those with Diabetes and 89% of IGT
Patients*
Click
Here
Elevated Risk of CVD Prior to Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes*
Click
Here
Aggressive Lipid Lowering Does Not Improve Endothelial Function in Type
2 Diabetes*
Click
Here
Diet High in Dairy Products Reduces Risk of
Insulin Resistance*
Click
Here
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Marilyn
Porter, RD, CDE
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 Marilyn
Porter
brings
us
Developing
Stratagies
for
enhancing
Diabetes
Education
which
highlights
the
importance
of
using
proper
teaching
techniques
with
children.
By
Marilyn
Porter,
RD,
CDE
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Dr Richard K. Bernstein
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This
Months Corner:
 Last
week in the New
York Times there
was a feature
article by Gary
Taubes “What
if It's All Been
a Big Fat
Lie?”
For my
comments and to
view the
feature, click
here:
Responses
to Dr.
Bernstein’s
Foot Care
guidelines in
upcoming issue
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Results
From Last Week's
Survey
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1) Do you interact with your patients
via Email? If yes, how often?
| Yes |
14 |
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13.86% |
| No |
39 |
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38.61% |
| Once
a week |
16 |
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15.84% |
| Once
a month |
23 |
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22.77% |
| Couple
of times a month |
9 |
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8.91% |
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NEWS
FLASH
!!!
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The US Senate begins a
floor debate on prescription drugs this week, according to Senate
Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., but exactly which bill will
be the subject of that debate is yet to be determined.
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Soon
to
Open
Studies...
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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
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