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Diabetes and Tattoos: Case Study and Guidance
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Alternative Forms of Exercise Associated With Better Diabetes Outcomes
The Association Between Vitamin D Levels and Gestational Diabetes
Diet Changes to Protect Against Cognitive Decline in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
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Editor's Note
I am attending a conference this week and I got to watch some cable TV. I saw a commercial for a new video exercise device that was circular in shape and you held it like a steering wheel. This device evidently is one of the new exercise devices that combine video technology and movement.
Although it does not fit in the traditional exercise pattern, all that activity has to be good for patients. The question is, how good?
This week our intern Joel John, Pharm.D. Candidate, Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, has a report on the extended value of these type of devices.
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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
A 29-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes noted a painful erosion at the site of the tattoo which she had gotten 7 days before. A culture isolated staphylococcus aureus confirming the clinical impression of staph. This diagnosis was not entirely unexpected, since patients with diabetes mellitus are predisposed to staphylococcal infection.
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
A new study followed patients who used exercise videogames (EVG) to help lower their HbA1c rather than traditional means of exercise.
Trying to determine modifiable risk factors for gestational diabetes (GDM) is not only beneficial for the mother, but also for protecting the baby.
Patients with type 2 diabetes and poor glycemic control are more likely to have a lower cognitive function, but what role could a Mediterranean diet have?
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