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When you read Diabetes in Control you have to know that we are first and foremost diabetes professionals and secondly journalists. Often I share my heart on my shirtsleeve with you. This week our Publisher, Stephen Freed, BSPharm, has prepared a compelling feature The Expanding Evidence for Diabetes Prevention that …

Diabetes will be a primary contributor to the amount of money people spend on health care in the United States, which is likely to double over the next 10 years – from $2.1 trillion to $4 trillion – according to a new report published in an online edition of Health Affairs.

President Bush and candidates for President are all on board to push for Universal Healthcare. The 42 million people without health insurance, including those with diabetes may now have some hope.

Lifestyle intervention has lasting benefits in those at risk of diabetes.

Lifestyle Intervention Remains the Most Effective and Safe Method for Diabetes Prevention. Even thought the Dream Study showed that rosiglitizone can reduce the risk for diabetes by 62%, it also increased the risk of heart failure by 5-fold compared with placebo.

Every kilogram of weight loss resulted in 16% reduction of diabetes risk.

Suspending basal insulin during exercise in children with type 1 diabetes can effectively control hypoglycemia.

The bill was defeated which could have resulted in the loss of critical health care coverage guarantees fro over 85 million americans.

The bill if passed could eliminate coverage for diabetes supplies.

Beverly Price, RD, MA, RYT, knows how slow business can get between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. She has put together a great program Marketing Strategies for Slow Times During the Holidays, and even includes a section on what to do for our clients and referrers. Beverly Price, RD, MA, …