Voice of the Diabetic, Spring 2004: Table of Contents

Voice of the Diabetic, Spring 2004: Table of Contents

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Voice of the Diabetic

The Diabetes Action Network of the National
Federation of the Blind
Diabetes Support and Information
Volume 20, Number 1, Winter Edition 2005

Voice of the Diabetic, published quarterly, is the national magazine

of the Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind.

It is read by those interested in all aspects of blindness and diabetes.

We show diabetics that they have options regardless of the ramifications

they may have had. We have a positive philosophy and know that positive

attitudes are contagious!

News items, change of address notices, and other

magazine correspondence should be sent to:

Ed Bryant, Editor

Voice of the Diabetic

1412 I-70 Drive SW, Suite C,

Columbia, Missouri 65203

Phone: (573) 875-8911

Fax: (573) 875-8902

Find us on the World Wide Web at: (www.nfb.org)

Our direct Web address is: (www.NFB.org/voice.htm)

Copyright (c) 2005 Diabetes Action Network, National Federation
of the Blind.

ISSN 1041-8490

Note: The information and advice contained in Voice of the Diabetic are

for educational purposes, and are not intended to take the place of personal

instruction provided by your physician, or by your health care team. Discuss

any changes in your treatment with the appropriate health professionals.

FREE! FREE!

Voice of the Diabetic is offered absolutely free to any interested

person upon request. Readers may receive the publication in standard print,

on audio cassette for the blind, or in both formats. To begin receiving the Voice,

please complete the subscription form (or a facsimile), found at the end,

and mail it to the editorial office.

Please Note: We have a special bulk-mailing permit that we use to ship the Voice to

you at low cost--it does not allow for free re-mailing. The Post Office requires

you place first class postage on any Voice you mail to others.

Here's the new front cover page for the Voice.

Includes photo of Vanesa Sutherland with following overprinted
on the photo: Vanesa Sutherland says, "We Have a Future."
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Jean King Writes about Self-empowerment
BEGINNING CARB COUNTING: TEN COST-CUTTING TIPS
Linda Ruholl, RN, PhD, Shows Us How
NEW DIABETIC NEUROPATHY MEDICATION
Cymbalta Receives first FDA Approval for This Use
INSULIN-FREE!
Transplant Surgeon, Dave Sutherland, Discusses Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
DIABETES, HEART ATTACKS, AND STROKE
Ann Williams, RN, MSN, CDE, Discusses the Cardiac Complications

ADVERTISERS

Effective advertising doesn't scream at its audience. It persuades. It sells.

The key to cost-effective advertising is making your voice heard where an

audience is already listening. Voice of the Diabetic, circulation

332,025, offers such an outlet. Make your voice heard. For Voice of the

Diabetic advertising information contact:

Eileen Rivera Ley
National Advertising Sales Manager
804 Hatherleigh Rd
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone: (410) 296-7760
Fax: (410) 296-7645
e-mail: ([email protected])
or find us on the Web at:
http://www.nfb.org/voice.htm
For SUBSCRIPTION information, see the end of this document.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

WE HAVE A FUTURE
by Vanesa Sutherland

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
by Jean king

NEW DIABETIC NEUROPATHY MEDICATION

READ THE LABEL CAREFULLY

INSULIN-FREE: PANCREAS AND ISLET TRANSPLANTATION TO TREAT TYPE 1 DIABETES

by David Sutherland, MD, PhD

AN ASPIRIN A DAY

BEGINNING CARB COUNTING: TEN COST-CUTTING TIPS

by Linda Ruholl, RN, PhD

REFLECTING ON OBESITY

by Peter J. Nebergall, PhD

OPENING BLIND EYES TO SCIENCE

KIDNEY DISEASE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?

by Ed Bryant

MEDICARE THERAPEUTIC SHOE PROGRAM

ANONDYNE THERAPY AND DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
by Angie Bowman, PT; Kim Hamel, OT; and Linda Hicks, BSN,
MS, CDE

DIABETES, HEART ATTACKS, AND STROKES
by Ann Williams, MSN, RN, CDE

DIABETES: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
by Fred MacDonald
A WORTHWHILE BOOK
by Peter J. Nebergall, PhD
DEALING WITH DIABETES DAY-TO-DAY
by Emily Gaines Buchler
ASK THE DOCTOR
by Wesley W. Wilson, MD
NEW TREATMENT FOR DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS
by Stephen A. Brigido, DPM
LIVING WITH DIABETES 50 YEARS
by Pat oswald
AMPUTATION DUE TO DIABETES CAN BE
PREVENTED
HEALTHY HOME COOKING
by JoAnna Lund
RECIPE CORNER
BOOK REVIEWS
by Ruth Mencl, RD, CDE
DIABETES: WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHERE
WE WILL BE TOMORROW
by Frank Vinicor, MD, MPH and Jinan Saadine, MD...

RESOURCE ROUNDUP

COMPLETE ISSUE

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Posted: March 2005