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Early data suggest that, in addition to reducing hyperglycemia, pioglitazone and rosiglitazone effect changes in the dyslipidemic profile, hemodynamics, vascular inflammation, and endothelial functioning of patients with type 2 diabetes

Walking just 30-45 minutes a day reduces Mortality by 50%!

Special Feature by Stephen Freed, RPh, Diabetes Educator, Publisher I recently traveled to 15 small towns in central Illinois and provided diabetes education for over 350 patients.   Because I only had 20 minutes with each patient, I had to be short, precise and to the point. One of the …

SELECTION OF THE PATIENT FOR DECOMPRESSION Over the past twenty years, an approach to selection of the patient for decompression of peripheral nerves has been developed. This approach begins with the measurement of peripheral nerve function in order to stage the degree of nerve impairment.

In my last article, “Recognizing & Approaching Depression”, I promised to provide suggestions you could make to patients struggling with depression. I will do that in my next article. For now however, I’d like to answer an email sent to Diabetes in Control from someone I regard as sad, but …

To join or not to join-that is the question. What is the answer? Provider networks are fairly new in the dietitian-world. They’re not a cult; they’re not a conspiracy. In fact, they are a great business opportunity that a dietitian’s practice can profit from. How do they work? Let’s step …

Since diabetics can encounter many health issues, often a multi-disciplined approach is needed to treat them. “Diabetes has many, many factors,” Dr. Driver advised. “We became very aware of the eye problems, the kidney problems, the glucose issues, but we were seeing the amputation level continuing to rise. Last year …

I was recently asked by an interviewer to discuss common myths patients have about their eyes and vision, and it got me thinking. Over the years, I have compiled a mental list of patient (and physician) misunderstandings about diabetes and its effects on the eyes, and thought I might share …

The clinic has hosted two interdisciplinary conferences on diabetes care in the past year and has another planned for next March 15-17 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash., on prevention of diabetic amputations with a focus on medicine, surgery, research and wound care. “We have had up to 500 people, …

TYPE 2 DIABETES AND CHILDREN Part 2 Weight, Metabolism And Self-Esteem Issues In our previous segment I discussed the reasons for the staggering increase in Diabetes in children and why the worse is yet to come. Now I am going to help you help your patients understand why this is …