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February
12, 2003 Issue 142  From
the Editors Desk:
Dr.
Fred Pescatore gives
us part 2 of his series Diseases
associated with Obesity and Insulin Resistance: The
Link Between Sugar Consumption and Cardiovascular Health
This
weeks overview:
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Item
#1 explains how IGT leads to memory
loss.
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Item#5
Lets us know some of the other factors that affect learning for children
with Type 1 diabetes.
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Item
#9 Gives us cause for alarm when heart
failure patients are not being treated with beta-blockers.
Diabetes
in Control is participating in the JDRF Walk for a
Cure in Tampa Bay. Next week we will have information on how you
can help support us.
We
need feedback – Do you think that Medicare and other Insurers should pay
for needle disposal and destruction units. Email me at editor@diabetesincontrol.com
I
will be attending the American Physical Therapist Association
Conference in Tampa this week and will have a report for you.
If
you were selected for the Low Carb Taste Test, your bars were mailed
Monday.
The
participants in the Formula 2 study will be receiving product this week,
please sign up your patients.
Last
weeks “Test Your Knowledge” question had 80% with correct answers.
(According to AACE)
“Test
Your Knowledge” this week and see how you do?
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Dave
Joffe, Editor-in-Chief
News
Flash - News Flash
Roche
Offers $1.2 Billion for Diabetes Firm Disetronic.
Disetronic
stock jumped up 55%
We
have a Diabetes
Medic Alert watch to give away. Look
in Item 11, and if your abbreviated email address is there you win.
1.
Impaired Glucose Tolerance Linked to Memory Decline*
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2.
Care Demand Reduced Through More Effective Health Promotion
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3.
100 Calories Less A Day Helps to Prevent Weight Gain and Diabetes
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4.
Pioglitazone Benefits Non-Diabetics With Hypertension
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5.
School Problems for Children with Type 1 Due to Other Factors
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6.
Outcomes Improve When Using a New Interactive Technique
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7.
Unplanned Dialysis Leeds to Severely Impaired Quality of Life
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8.
Low Insulin, Not Calorie Restriction Lengthens Your Life*
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9.
Huge Mistake – Heart Failure Patients Not Being Treated With
Beta-blockers*
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10.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Linked to Diabetes*
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11.
Risk of Retinopathy Is Lower in Type 2 With Onset in Youth
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12.
Overweight Type 2’s Benefit Significantly From Orlistat
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13.
Glyburide/Metformin Combination Reduces A1c by 1.7% over Sulphonylurea
and 1.9% Over Metformin
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14.
Obesity Rate Predicted at 40% in Five Years
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15.
Food Portion Sizes Have Increased Dramatically in US
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Product
Update
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your Patients Check Their Own A1c Levels.
It will motivate to better control.
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- Elevated
Weight
- High
Blood Pressure
- Elevated
Cholesterol
- Diabetes
High
Fasting Serum Insulin Levels (above 5)
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Impaired Glucose Tolerance Linked to Memory Decline*
How
many carbs in 3pc Kentucky Fried Chicken Strips
or how many carbs in Big Mac’s
Fish Filet.
Evan
D.
Rosen,
M.D.,
Ph.D
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out Dr.
Bernsteins
Corner for
Insights for
Controlling
Blood Sugars
Shares
her thoughts on a 
Why
Focusing On Intensive Glucose