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December
30,
2002 Issue 136
From
the Editors Desk:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
 Everyone
at Diabetes In Control wants to wish all of our subscribers a happy and
healthy new year. Last year we reported on over 1000 studies,
reports, new drugs and products dealing with diabetes. Next year
there will be even more stories to report on. Check out our review
of the top 5 stories of 2002- Click Here
INSULIN
INJECTIONS, NO MORE! …STOPPING THE DIABETES PANDEMIC-
Learn about a new treatment for Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes that might
even be a cure. Click
Here Over the last 3 weeks the feature has been read by
over 88,000 people. We appreciate all our readers sharing this with
others.
“Tools
for Your Practice” This week we have for you a complete
set of lesson plans and patient hand-outs at no cost.
Check out the Diabetes Resource Kit for business and managed care.
This
weeks overview: Item
#1 --- the first choice BP medication might not be an ACE. Item#4:
-Aventis launches a new diabetes management program using pharmacists to
help manage over 500 patients from fortune 500 companies. Item
#10, tells us to make sure patients are getting fish in their
diets at least once a month. Item
#15 – why our belt size should be below 40 inches.
Evan
David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. delivers new concepts on Diabetes and
Urinary Tract Infections: The
Case Against a Pre-emptive Strike
Choice
Award Update: We have now narrowed this to the 5
Finalists. Only 2 more weeks left, get your vote in! Please
submit your top choice.
Last
weeks “Test Your Knowledge” question had 60% with correct answers.
(According to AACE) “Test Your Knowledge” this week and see
how you do? Click Here
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
Dave
Joffe, Editor-in-Chief
Steve
Freed, Publisher
Bob
Kitten, Marketing
Greg
Chambers, Site Development
Feature
writers: Dr.
Bernstein, Dr.
Rosen, Dr.
Burke, Dr.
Freedland, Sheri
Shafer, Kristina
Sandstedt, Marilyn
Porter, Dr. Jakes &
Ginger
Kanzer Lewis.
News
Flash - News Flash
FDA
Clears Over-the-Counter Blood-Glucose Test for Diabetics
WASHINGTON
- A test that monitors blood glucose levels in diabetics can now be sold
over-the-counter, the US Food and Drug Administrration (FDA) said on
Tuesday. The FDA announced it cleared nonprescription sales of the test,
called A1c Now. Made by privately held Metrika, Inc., of Sunnyvale,
California, the test measures blood levels of glycated hemoglobin. The test
helps patients and doctors monitor blood-glucose levels over time, as
opposed to other tests available over-the-counter that take an instant
"snapshot" of these levels. The glycated hemoglobin readings
tell patients what their average blood-glucose level was over the past 90 to
120 days, according to the FDA. Click Here
News
Updates
President
Signs Historic Bill for Diabetes Research:
Washington, DC,
December 18, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday signed
into law H.R. 5738, a landmark bill that will substantially increase and
extend funding for the federal Special
Diabetes Program. The
bill provides $750 million over five years for type 1 diabetes research,
as well as an additional $750 million for diabetes treatment and
prevention programs for Native American populations.
1.
Diuretics Best at Lowering Coronary Risk in Hypertensive Patients
Click
Here
2.
Gemfibrozil May Reduce Risk of Cardiac Events in Men With Diabetes Or
Insulin Resistance
Click
Here
3.
Gene Therapy Seen Hopeful for Patients with Diabetes
Click
Here
4.
Fortune 500 Employers Set to Launch Aventis-funded Diabetes Pharmacist
Pilot
Click
Here
5.
What Your Patients Need to Know About Fiber!
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Here
6.
Glyburide Safe for Diabetic Pregnancies
Click
Here
7.
FDA Revises Rules on Promotion of Health Benefits of Foods
Click
Here
8.
Diabetes Increases Likelihood Of Eating Disorders And Vice-Versa
Click
Here
9.
HIGH-DOSE Statins Benefit Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Click
Here
10.
Eating Fish Just Once a Month Cuts Stroke by 40 Percent
Click
Here
11.
Liver Function Testing Crucial with Thiazolidinediones, New Guidelines
May Be Too Aggressive
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Here
12.
Cost Effectiveness Options for Treating Type 2 Diabetes
Click
Here
13.
Iron Depletion Improves Vascular Dysfunction In Type 2 Diabetes
Click
Here
14.
Black and Hispanic Kids Heavy or Thin are More Likely To be
Insulin-Resistant
Click
Here
15.
Big Gut With Diabetes Can Kill
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Here
Product
Update
A1cNow
is Now Over the Counter-No
Prescription Needed!
Now
less than 10 dollars for the first and only NGSP A1c test that is
instant and disposable.
For more info on how you can now use it in your office practice
Click Here!
75%
of patients with diabetes are not getting the recommended A1c testing.
To
order or for more information, click here.
http://www.a1cnow.net
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