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Antibiotic Can Cause Hypoglycemia

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

If you take a sulfonylurea and your doctor wants to prescribe clarithromycin, tell your doctor about these cases. Any time you´re prescribed a new medication, ask your pharmacist whether the drug is known to affect blood glucose levels and how often you should check your glucose levels while on the new medication

Diabetes Important Factor In Osteoporosis Management

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Diabetes plays a role on the incidence of osteoporosis in older women, and care of patients with diabetes should include a careful assessment of bone health. Hip fractures are recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Women with type 1 diabetes had a 6.9- to 12-fold increase in relative risk. The data are less clear in type 2 diabetes.

High Mortality Among Young Hospitalized Diabetics

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

People under 30 who are admitted to hospital for diabetes type 1 are at substantially increased risk of dying from natural causes and suicide.

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

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."

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

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.

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.

New Drug Increases HDL by 91% and Lowers LDL Cholesterol

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Torcetrapib, a newly developed inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), increases HDL cholesterol up to 91% while significantly lowering LDL cholesterol, phase I trial results show.