SPECIAL FEATURE

Dave Joffe   We have had 2 of our patients using the new Logic and Latitude diabetes management systems for the past 6 weeks and I have prepared a special feature on their experiences.   Dave Joffe, CDE, FACA

Melissa Diane Smith

Melissa Diane Smith Author of the soon-to-be-published User’s Guide to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes Naturally. Her overview this week focuses on Safe Uses And Doses For Nutrient Supplements. Melissa Diane Smith

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

“Test your Diabetes Knowledge” Issue 157 Answer the patient case question. See this weeks Diabetes Knowledge Question.   Click Here

NEW PRODUCT

For insulin pen users: The new BD Latitude™ Diabetes Management System is ideal for people who want to test their blood sugar frequently. It displays results in just 5 seconds, with much less pain. Convenient “all in one” design brings together in one place all of the tools people need to test and inject. Records insulin doses as well as blood glucose test results. Meter data can be downloaded into BD™ Diabetes Software for pattern management (software sold separately). Learn More...

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

Open Studies

Fiber 2 We have openings for a couple of more medical professionals to participate in the Fiber 2 Study. “ The Clinical Impact of Fiber Supplementation for the Reduction of Postprandial Blood Glucose and Risk Reduction of Complications from Diabetes in Type 2 Diabetes” For more information and to sign up: Fiber 2 Study Click Here

May 28 2003 Issue 157 This Week... We are beginning our 4th year at Diabetes In Control. After 157 issues, we just want to say thanks for your great comments and support. Please help us double our circulation this year by asking one new colleague to sign up. I have just gotten back from the American Academy of Physician Assistants annual conference in New Orleans. I was overwhelmed by how involved these professionals are in diabetes care. If you work with physicians who have PA’s in their office take time to get to know them. If you are participating in the Needle Disintegrator feedback study and have used the unit for at least 30 days, please go to this page here. We have had 2 of our patients using the new Logic and Latitude diabetes management systems for the past 6 weeks and I have prepared a special feature on their experiences. Melissa Diane Smith, Dipl Nutr, author of the soon-to-be-published User’s Guide to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes Naturally. Her overview this week focuses on Safe Uses And Doses For Nutrient Supplements. Do fat cells just lie around as big yellow globs? Not according to Dr. Evan Rosen’s new feature: The Secret Life of Fat Cells. Find out what else those globs do. SMALL STEPS, BIG REWARDS is a tool for your practice that helps you promote the Prevention of Diabetes Help get the info out! Click to enlarge and tell me what is unique about this photo? Click here to answer Check out this weeks “Test Your Knowledge” question. Click Here Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief, CDE, FACA Consider making Diabetes in Control Your home page.     Special Alerts: U.S. FDA says counterfeit Lipitor recalled by distributor Fri May 23, 2003 06:57 PM ET WASHINGTON. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers and health professionals on Friday to check for three counterfeit lots of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor that are being recalled by a Kansas City-based distributor. The counterfeit Lipitor posed a potentially significant health hazard and was being voluntarily recalled by Albers Medical Distributors Inc., the FDA said in a statement. Consumers should not take any tablets from packages with labels saying "Repackaged by: MED-PRO, Inc. Lexington, Neb.," with lot numbers 20722V, 04132V and 16942V, the FDA said. 1. Symlin Passes Test for Glucose Control with FDA, Gets Closer to Market* Click Here 2. Suboptimal Glycemic Control Increases Risk of Stillbirth Click Here 3. Atkins Diet Works Quicker, But…………..* Click Here 4. Warning Against Concomitant Use of Repaglinide and Gemfibrozil Click Here 5. Laughter Cuts Blood Sugar in Diabetics* Click Here 6. Studies Reveal Good News Regarding Liver Safety of Pioglitazone Click Here 7. Repaglinide Vs. Nateglinide in Type 2 Diabetes Click Here 8. . C-peptide Measurement Errors in Determining Type 1 or Type 2Diabetes Click Here 9 Glycemic Optimization Improves Diabetic Dyslipidemia Click Here 10. Control of Gestational Diabetes Has Little Effect on Birth Weight Click Here 11. Nonfasting Triglyceride Levels Predict Cardiovascular Risk Click Here 12. Repaglinide + Metformin Vs. Nateglinide + Metformin in Treating Type 2 Diabetes Click Here 13. Irregular Menses Predict Gestational Diabetes Click Here 14. Inhaled Insulin Has No Adverse Effects Found After Two-Year Study Click Here 15. Skipping Meals May Help, Not Hurt, Health: Study* Click Here Product Update A1cNow is Now Over the Counter-No Prescription Needed! 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 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson News Flash Importing Drugs from Canada is Growing But!…….Beware! Over $600 million in Rx imports in just the last year. It’s mostly through the mail...from Internet pharmacies. The lower prices are due to Canadian gov't price controls and favorable Canadian currency conversion rates. Most Canadian provinces don't allow pharmacists to fill Rxs from U.S. physicians...so Canadian physicians "rewrite" them. U.S. law says importation is illegal...but most patients have no idea they're breaking the law. Read More

TOP DIABETES STORIES

Symlin Passes Test for Glucose Control with FDA, Gets Closer to Market* Click Here   Atkins Diet Works Quicker, But…………..* Click Here   Laughter Cuts Blood Sugar in Diabetics* Click Here   Skipping Meals May Help, Not Hurt, Health: Study* Click Here

Evan D. Rosen

Evan D. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D Do fat cells just lie around as big yellow globs? Not according to Dr. Evan Rosen’s new feature: The Secret Life of Fat Cells. Find out what else those globs do. Evan D. Rosen M.D., Ph.D

Tools For Your Practice

SMALL STEPS, BIG REWARDS The NDEP has designed a national awareness campaign to get this important information to the people at risk for type 2 diabetes who can benefit from it. The campaign theme is Small Steps Big Rewards. Prevent Type 2 Diabetes. In addition, the NDEP and its partners will promote clinical recommendations for health care providers so they know what these findings mean for their patients and what steps they can take. More Info: http://ndep.nih.gov/get-info/dpc.htm Then Check out Diabetes In Control’s 10,000 Small Steps Program More Info

Fred Pescatore, MD

Dr.  Pescatore continues his series on “Diseases Linked to Obesity and Insulin Resistance” with Nutritional Supplements: What They Do And How I Use Them

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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

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