We will be at the 2003 APHA Annual Conference in New
Orleans, this weekend. If you are going to be there please stop by Booth 444
and visit us.
Last week we reported in a news flash that lipid
soluble thiamine may help prevent the development of some of the most common
side effects of diabetes. So many of our readers asked for more information
that I have prepared a special feature The
Inside Story on Why Lipid Soluble Thiamine May Benefit Diabetes Patients.
Dr Fred Pescatore
continues his series Diseases Linked to Obesity and Insulin Resistance
with DIABETES:
the Devasting disease
Next week we will have an exclusive
interview with Mary Jo Dudley, the AADE Diabetes Educator of the
year.
Check out this weeks Tools for Your Practice:
Minimed’s new free online pump game. Pump Expeditions is
a great online program for your prospective pump patients to learn more
about pumping.
This week’s overview:
Item
#1: Low-Dose Doxycycline Effective for Periodontitis in Diabetics
and helps to reduce A1c’s
Item#2:
Why you should recommend long-acting nifedipine as first line treatment
for hypertension Item#8:
Why spouses of patients with diabetes are
also at risk of Type 2 diabetes
Check out this weeks “Test Your Knowledge”
question.
Click
Here
We are still looking for Pharmacists who want to
experience insulin pump use, and become a pump trainer. If you have an
interest
please
click here to see if you qualify for this
experience.
Dave
Joffe, Editor-in-Chief
News
Flash - News Flash
Aspirin Superior In Preventing
Cardiovascular Events
See Item #5 Below
Safety
Alerts
Healthcare providers and
consumers are being alerted to the existence of counterfeit product labeled
as Procrit (epoetin alfa):
FDA
Statement on Counterfeit Procrit
1.
Low-Dose
Doxycycline Effective for Periodontitis in Diabetics
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Here
2.
Long-Acting
Nifedipine Seen as First-Line Option for Hypertensive Diabetics*
Click
Here
3.
World's Overweight/Obese
Estimated at 1.7 Billion
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Here
4.
Microalbuminuria
Associated With Low Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids In Type 2
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Here
5.
Aspirin Superior In
Preventing Cardiovascular Events
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Here
6.
Pramlintide
Helpful Adjunct to Insulin in Type 2 Diabetics
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Here
7.
Metformin
Reduces Risk of Gestational Diabetes in PCOS
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Here
8.
Spouses of Patients With
Type 2 at Increased Risk of Developing Diabetes*
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Here
9.
Key Findings: Diabetes
Is Caused By A Virus*
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Here
10.
Beta-Cells Suppress
Output of Glucagon From Alpha Cells
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Here
11.
Fat Location More
Important Than Amount in CAD Risk
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Here
12.
Amino Acid
Supplementation Triples Insulin Secretion in Type 2’s*
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Here
13.
Premenopausal Diabetics
Have 30 Times Higher Risk of CVD Death
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Here
14.
Primary Care Weight-Loss
Initiative Cost-Effective
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Here
15.
Thinner,
Fitter Teens Less Likely to Have Precursor to Diabetes
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Here
Product
Update
Let
your Patients Check Their Own A1c Levels.
It will motivate to better control.
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If
your younger patients have questions on pumps, or you just want to introduce
them to the idea then, Pump Expeditions is a great tool. 
Evan
D.
Rosen,
M.D.,
Ph.D
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out Dr.
Bernsteins
Corner for
Insights for
Controlling
Blood Sugars
Why
Focusing On Intensive Glucose