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November
6,
2002 Issue 129
From
The Editor's Desk:
 This
is really a packed full issue—As we start National Diabetes Month, I
found that I have so many choices of great articles and features that it
was tough to chose which ones to go with. Some of our feature writers
will be holding back till next week.
Dr.
Richard Bernstein
shares a letter he sent to the New
England Journal of Medicine, in response to an article that
recommended hot tub soaks as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Julia
Leszko R.Ph., United States Women’s Epee Fencing Champion,
has type 1 diabetes, She recently sent me an update of the 2002
season. click
here to read her note
Melissa
Diane Smith, Dipl Nutr,
co-author
of the national best-selling Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional
Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance shares
her thoughts on Supplementation
with Chromium Picolinate
Can
you imagine how health care would change if hospitals, doctors, and
clinics, got paid more for good outcomes? Well it may be sooner than you
think. See
Item #5
Many
of us do not even think of using Acarbose or Miglitol
first line, However a recent studies from Germany and Australia indicate
that we need to… See
Item #8 and Item
#6
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Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief
Steve Freed, Publisher
News
Flash - News Flash
EMLA
cream
is being taken off the market in the US in November 2002 until
its product packaging can be made child-resistant. If you are using this to
numb injection or testing sites you may want to advise your patients to get
a refill while they can.
URL: http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_0j_216.htm
1.
1/3 of Americans Have Pre-Diabetes Syndrome
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2.
Cost of Diabetes is Exploding!
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Here
3.
Ultrasonic Patch to Deliver Insulin
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4.
Excess Fat Can Cancel Benefits of Exercise
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5.
Feds to Pay Docs According to A1c’s?
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6.
Miglitol Reduces Blood Glucose and Modifies Appetite in Obese Patients
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7.
Systolic Blood Pressure Key For Gauging Heart Disease Risk
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8.
Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitor Is Drug of Choice for Diabetics With
Hypertension
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9.
Cereal Fiber Intake Is Protective Against Diabetes
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10.
Adolescent Hypertension Associated With Insulin Resistance
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11.
"Hypertriglyceridemic Waist" Predicts Presence of Insulin
Resistance Syndrome
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12.
Short-term Oral Progestin Reduces Insulin Sensitivity in PCOS
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13.
Score One For Low-Carb Diet
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14.
Answer to Why Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Cannot Sense
their Need to Take Life-Saving Glucose
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Here
15.
Neurontin Illegaly Promoted for Off Label Use in Diabetic Patients
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NEWS
FLASH
!!!
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 Drug
Prices
Vary
Up
to
426%!
The
president
of
Arlington,
Va.-based
senior
lobbying
group
60
Plus
Association
said
the
group
found
"astonishing
variations"
in
retail
drug
pricing
throughout
the
United
States.
James
L.
Martin
said
the
association's
October
survey
in
Florida
found
similar
results
in
New
Hampshire,
Missouri
and
other
states.
"If
seniors
simply
call
several
pharmacies
before
they
buy
prescription
drugs,
they
can
save
up
to
$70
per
month
per
prescription,"
he
said.
"For
seniors,
many
of
whom
are
on
multiple
prescriptions,
this
means
hundreds
of
dollars
a
month
and
thousands
of
dollars
per
year
in
savings."
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More...
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1/3 of Americans Have Pre-Diabetes Syndrome
FDA
Approves
ZETIAä
(ezetimibe)
for
Cholesterol
Reduction
Eric
S. Freedland, MD,