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DIABETES IN CONTROL
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Shafer
Monthly Feature
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 This
Month, SHERRI
SHAFER, R.D., Certified
Diabetes Educator, has
a great overview on glucose monitoring. I have already printed it out and
used it for a handout--- you may want to do the sane
Click
Here
By Sherri Shafer,
R.D., CDE,
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Sherri's Archives
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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
Zone
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DR.
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 Dr.
Brian P. Jakes, Jr, has
written an easy to understand overview of Retinopathy.
You may want to print this to give to your patients.
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here
Dr.
Brian
P.
Jakes,
Jr.,
M.D.,
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This Weeks Newsletter
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This Weeks Newsletter
August
7, 2002, Issue 116
From
the Editors Desk:
I had the pleasure of
hearing Dr. Desmond Schatz MD, of the University of Florida, talk about
To Screen or Not to Screen for Type I Diabetes at the AACEC meeting in
Orlando last week. Click here to find
out what he had to say.
Evan
David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., has a very interesting overview of vitamin D
and diabetes. Visit Putting
the 'D' in Diabetes to see how you can help your patients.
SHERRI
SHAFER, R.D.,
Certified Diabetes Educator, has
a great overview on glucose
monitoring. I have already printed
it out and used it for a handout--- you may want to do the same
This
week we will be at our booth (919) at the AADE Meeting in Philadelphia
and hope you will stop by and say hello and check out “The
Happenings” at the booth.
No
one claimed the new watch from Medic Alert. Please look at item 13
to see if your email address is now there. If it is, email me at editor@diabetesincontrol.com
and you win.
Consider
making Diabetes in Control Your home page.
Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief ; Steve Freed, Publisher
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If you are attending the AADE Meeting in Philadelphia, make
sure you stop by our booth #919.
Sign up for the “STEPS FOR A CURE
COMPETITION” For Educators AND Manufacturer Reps.
Prizes for the top 3 finishers in each group. For more
info and to download an entry form. CLICK
HERE
Scan your Badge at the booth for a chance to win the
ELLIPITICAl ECLIPSE Trainer or the famous Gizelle, which gives
you seventeen cardio, stretching, and total body sculpting moves.
Meet Dr. Richard K. Bernstein on Friday 12:30 TILL 4 P.M.
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 Salt Lake City. Nominate
your Favorite NOW!
Find out about the CoPilot
Diabetes Management Program! Learn about the GluCard for
Seniors.
Stop by our booth and Proactive Metabolics will Calculate
the Glycemic Index for your last meal, or, find out the effect
of any combination of insulins will have over time and when 90% of
it will be consumed.
Sign up for the STEP study or the FIBER study.
Stop by and enter for a chance to win a FlexaBall™, WITH
A WORKOUT PROGRAM, each day 4 FlexaBall’s will be given away,
just stop by and guess how much weight the FlexaBall can hold?
Don’t forget to stop by and pick up your free Diabetes In
Control Conference Book with specials and prizes galore!
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.
Get a free 30 day trial copy of "Balance PC"
software by ProActive Metabolics and a chance to win the permanent
software. This complete software program provides you with
easy and ready to use tools for you to monitor and understand all
those factors that affect your blood sugar levels – diet,
medications, stress, exercise and more. Proactive
Metabolics will raffle 10 complete software packages each day
valued at $100.00
Get up to speed on the latest clincally researched nutraceutical
and herbal products for glucose management from Informulab. Pick
up FREE Beta Fast GXR and Amargozin (ripened melon) Product packs
and research abstracts on the success of the products.
Click
here for more Happenings at Booth #919
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News
Flash - News Flash
STEM
CELL RESEARCH CLOSING IN ON A DIABETES CURE
Researchers
at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a naturally occurring
hormone that causes adult stem cells to mature into pancreatic beta
cells. See
Item #1
1.
STEM CELL RESEARCH CLOSING IN ON A DIABETES CURE*
Click
Here
2.
Wine Drinkers Caution: It Might Not Be the Wine That explains Better Health*
Click
Here
3.
Fasting Blood Glucose Predicts the Magnitude of Postprandial Hyperglycemia*
Click
Here
4.
Folate Supplements May Help Restore Endothelial Function In Type 2
Diabetics
Click
Here
5.
Stem Cells Rescue Retina*
Click
Here
6.
Every Extra Pound Increases Your Risk for Heart FAILURE!
Click
Here
7.
Whole Grains Can Help Cut Insulin and Cholesterol
Click
Here
8.
Niacin Is An Effective Therapy For Diabetes Dyslipidemias
Click
Here
9.
Simple Factors Predict Risk of First Stroke in Type 2 Diabetics
Click
Here
10.
Ischemia And Microalbuminuria May Predict Coronary Events in Diabetics
Click
Here
11.
Alternate Site Testing Inaccurate During Rapid Changes in Blood Glucose Levels
Click
Here
12.
Stroke Patients With High Blood Sugar At Higher Risk Of Death
Click
Here
13.
Heart-healthy lifestyle May Ward Off Alzheimer’s & Diabetes
Click
Here
14.
Effects of Self-Management Education on Glycemic Control
Click
Here
15.
Relation of Drinking Alcohol to Atherosclerotic Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Click
Here
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Quote
of the Week
"The
difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
Vincent
T. Lombardi
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DIABETES NEWS FLASH
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TOP
DIABETES STORIES
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 STEM CELL RESEARCH CLOSING IN ON A DIABETES
CURE Click
Here
Wine Drinkers Caution: It Might Not Be the Wine That explains Better
Health
Click
Here
Fasting Blood Glucose Predicts the Magnitude of Postprandial
Hyperglycemia
Click
Here
Stem Cells Rescue Retina Click
Here
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Evan
D.
Rosen,
M.D.,
Ph.D
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Putting
the
'D'
in
Diabetes
 Vitamin
D
and
its
effects
on
diabetes.
Find
out
in
this
weeks
Dr.
Rosen’s
Feature.
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Dr Richard K. Bernstein
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This
Months Corner:
Dr.
Bernstein will
be at the AADE
Meeting at booth
#919 on Friday
from 12:30 to
4:30 to sign a
free copy of his
book,
“Diabetes
Solutions”.
Make sure
you stop by and
say hello.
Check
out Dr.
Bernsteins Corner
for Insights for
Controlling
Blood Sugars
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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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will
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world's
first
touch
less
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thermometer...
the
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We
will
also
be
raffling
one
of
the
ThermoTrace®
thermometers
at
the
booth.
For
more
info
click
here
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NEWS
FLASH
!!!
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Senate
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Home
Without
a
Medicare
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Program
New
study
shows
seniors
are
skipping
their
medicines.
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Here
to
Read
More.
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Studies...
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A
new
feedback
study
for
you
and
your
patients-
Using
a
medical/nutritional
assessment
survey
2.
The
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study,
10,000
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Prevention
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