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How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes! Part 2

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Over the next few weeks I will share with you my experiences in traveling to 15 small towns in central Illinois and providing diabetes education for over 450 patients. There are a number of stories I will share with you and provide you information from what I learned and used to help patients with diabetes take better control.

How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes! Part 2

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Over the next few weeks I will share with you my experiences in traveling to 15 small towns in central Illinois and providing diabetes education for over 450 patients. There are a number of stories I will share with you and provide you information from what I learned and used to help patients with diabetes take better control

Longer Diabetes Means Higher Heart Risk

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Investigators found that for every 10 years a person has diabetes, his or her chance of developing heart disease increases by 38 percent. Furthermore, after 10 years of diabetes, the risk of dying from heart disease increases by nearly 90 percent.

New Way To Test Blood Sugar Levels

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Gerard Cote, associate professor at Texas A&M , is in the process of developing new ways to test blood sugar levels in patients with type two diabetes.

He said he came up with the idea to implant particles underneath the skin that would fluoresce in the presence of glucose and could be monitored with an "external watch-type of device."

One More Reason to Consider High-Protein Diet

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Researchers at the University of Minnesota say a high-protein diet lowers after-meal blood glucose 40 percent in type 2s and improves overall glucose control.

However, they say longer-term studies are necessary "to determine the total magnitude of response, possible adverse effects and the long-term acceptability of the diet."

Program Aims For Self-Diagnosis Test For Diabetes – Diabetes Detection Initiative

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Called the Diabetes Detection Initiative, the project's core is getting thousands of people to ask themselves if they are at risk for diabetes. Some 250,000 fliers with a brief questionnaire are being distributed throughout Oakland -- one of 10 cities nationwide chosen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to participate

A 15 Minute Blood Test Provides Stroke Diagnosis Allowing Rapid Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

A quick and cheap blood test could soon help doctors tell if a patient is having a stroke and help them get the right treatment as soon as possible. Future versions might even be able to distinguish between different kinds of strokes.

Death Risk 70% Higher in Diabetics with Heart Failure

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Diabetes increases the overall risk of death by 70 percent in diabetic women hospitalized with heart failure.

Healthy" Diet May Increase Risk for CVD

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

A diet low in total and saturated fat and high in fruits and vegetables caused an increase in LDL and Lp(a). This finding was unexpected.

How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes!

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

The program focused on each patient receiving 20 minutes of diabetes education by appointment. In addition each patient learned how to use an alternate site meter, were given a free A1c test and explained reasons for starting type 2 patients on insulin.