Ginger Kanzer-Lewis

Ginger Kanzer-Lewis RNC, EdM, CDE Former AADE President helps sort out the maze in “Dealing with Reimbursement issues”   Ginger Kanzer-Lewis RNC, EdM, CDE

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Higher Dose Glucophage Approved Bristol-Myers Squibb. Co. said U.S. regulators had approved a higher-dose form of Glucophage XR, the company's long-acting treatment for type 2 diabetes. The New York-based drugmaker said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved a 750-mg version of the medicine. A 500-mg tablet is already approved for use together with diet and exercise as initial drug therapy for patients aged 17 years and older.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

“Test your Diabetes Knowledge” Issue 152 Answer the patient case question. See this weeks Diabetes Knowledge Question.   Click Here

KRISTINA SANDSTEDT

Kristina Sandstedt   brings us the first installment of Seated Exercise Series: Chair Calisthenics.     Kristina Sandstedt, MS

SHERRI SHAFER

Sherri Shafer's Corner   Visit Sherri Shafer's Archives      By Sherri Shafer, R.D., CDE, View Sherri's Archives

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Marilyn Porter

Marilyn Porter explains how this fits with the future in Refining, or Rather, Redesigning, the Food Guide Pyramid   Marilyn Porter, RD, CDE

Dr. Thomas Burke Ph.D

Summary of Prospective Peripheral Neuropathy Studies of 220 Limbs.  Showing Restoration of Protective Sensation   Click Here

April 23, 2003 Issue 152 This Week... If you are a member, you should have received a ballot for AADE elections. If you have not received this ballot, we advise you to call AADE at 866-720-4357. This year you can vote online at https://vote.election.com/aade2003/ Please review the candidates and make your selections. For those of you involved in the Fiber 2 Study, your packages are being mailed out over the next two weeks. Please be sure to enroll your patients as soon as possible. Your involvement helps support this newsletter. We still have a Medical Alert Watch to give away. Somewhere in this newsletter is the 2003 average weight of spaghetti being served at restaurants. Find the answer and email me at editor@diabetesincontrol.com to win. Over the past 3 weeks many of you have expressed concerns over problems with Health Insurance companies and how to deal with them. Ginger Kanzer-Lewis RNC, EdM, CDE, former AADE President helps sort out the maze in “Dealing with Reimbursement issues” We are soliciting comments on how HIPAA guidelines have changed the way you do group classes. If you have a comment please email me at editor@diabetesincontrol.com Check out this weeks Tools for Your Practice “Calcium’ CE and patient handouts This week’s overview: Item #3: Simvastatin and its use for Insulin Resistance Item#5: New info on IGT and IFG Item:#7: Magnesium supplements beneficial for those with Type 2 Item #11: The cost of diabetes doubles in 7 years, what next? Item #13: Using Lantus other than bedtime Check out this weeks “Test Your Knowledge” question. Click Here Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief News Flash - News Flash!!!!! Diabetes Breakthrough New research into diabetes holds out hope of a cure. See Item #10 Direct Cost of Diabetes Doubles Within 5Years to 92 Billion See Item #11 1. Diabetes? Check Your Mouth for Clues Click Here 2. Treatment for Diabetes Could Have Devastating Side Effects Click Here 3. Simvastatin Treats Insulin Resistance* Click Here 4. Glucose Concentrations at Alternative Sites are Similar Except For……. Click Here 5. Different Aspects of Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Fasting Glucose Click Here 6. Combination Therapy Improves Management of Obese Diabetics Click Here 7. Magnesium Supplement Helpful in Diabetes Control* Click Here 8. Hyperglycemia Plays A Key Role in Vascular Dysfunction Click Here 9. ARB & ACE Combination Best in Diabetic Nephropathy Click Here 10. DIABETES BREAKTHROUGH* Click Here 11. Direct Cost of Diabetes Has Doubled Since 1997* Click Here 12. Quality of Care, Not Availability Key To Avoiding Diabetic Hospitalizations Click Here 13. Lantus (insulin glargine) Not Only for Bedtime? Click Here 14. Anemia Common Among Diabetics Click Here 15. Green Tea Improves Lipids, Glucose Metabolism and Syndrome X Click Here Product Update Let your Patients Check Their Own A1c Levels. It will motivate to better control. www.a1cnow.net   Packed with Many Valuable Features... you'd expect to pay over $2000.00 for a Website Like This... See Examples, and Learn More.....> Click Here Subscribe to the FREE Diabetes In Control Newsletter! Enter your email to join Diabetes In Control today!   HTML Text AOL   QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Happiness is not having what you want. It's wanting what you have." --------------Edward M. Hallowell, MD News Flash Bush Medicare Prescription Drug Plan WASHINGTON - March 05, 2003 - President Bush released details Tuesday of his plan to "modernize and improve" Medicare with a for low-income seniors who agree to abandon traditional Medicare benefits and sign with a managed care plan. Read More...> Open Studies Perceptions of Parental Differential Treatment: Correlates in a Chronically Ill and Non-ill Sample". More Info Julie Reich, M.A. Doctoral Candidate, University of South Florida is studying the relationship between various parenting and child behaviors in families that include a child/adolescent with Type 1 diabetes. She needs your help recruiting families. CME Free CME The Hyperactive Platelet in Type 2 Diabetes- Sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, offers 2 hours of AMA PRA category 1 credit To access this free on-line activity, visit Click Here

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Evan D. Rosen

Evan D. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D Gives this weeks feature “Type 2 Diabetes; Take Two Aspirin and Call Me In The Morning?  Is diabetes really an inflammatory disease?   Evan D. Rosen M.D., Ph.D

Tools For Your Practice

Patient Passouts, CE for PA’s, Dietitians and Nurses. The physiology of calcium metabolism and its relationship to obesity, and therefore prevention and management of diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Providing the healthcare professional with practical strategies for weight management counseling/education, including effective strategies for increasing calcium intake. More Info

Fred Pescatore, MD

Dr.  Pescatore Continues his series Diseases Linked to Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Target Populations at risk.

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DR. BRIAN P. JAKES

Dr. Brian P. Jakes, Jr.   has prepared an overview of Hypertension and Hyperinsulinemia and some novel approaches to each condition.    Dr. Brian P. Jakes, Jr., N.D., C.N.C.

Dr Richard K. Bernstein

Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's Corner   Check out Dr. Bernsteins Corner for Insights for Controlling Blood Sugars   Dr Richard K. Bernstein M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N., C.W.S.

Dr. Eric S. Freedland

Dr. Eric Freedland's Corner   Why Focusing On Intensive Glucose Control With Drugs Alone Is Counterproductive Potentially effective, available interventions. Eric S. Freedland, MD Zone Gourmet