New Diabetes Book Available

NEW DIABETES BOOK

AVAILABLE

Tactile Insulin Vials Update

TACTILE INSULIN
VIALS UPDATE
by Ed Bryant

In the past few issues of VOICE OF THE DIABETIC,

I reported how meetings had been held, between FDA regulators, insulin industry

executives, and organizations concerned with blindness and diabetes, about including

tactile codes on insulin vials. Very early, we established that blind diabetics could more

safely and reliably distinguish between insulin types, thus reducing dangerous dosage

errors, if such codes were included.

Diabetes Nutritional Management

DIABETES NUTRITIONAL
MANAGEMENT:
THE CARB COUNTING SYSTEM
by Martha Lee Palotta,
RD
East Jefferson General Hospital, New Orleans

Ms. Palotta delivered the following as the

keynote address at the annual seminar of the Diabetes Action Network, on July 1, 1997,

part of the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind, in New Orleans,

Louisiana.

Nutrition is indeed the most challenging aspect

Resource Column

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO

KNOW

BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO ASK

(Resource Column)

Inclusion of materials in this publication
is for information only and does not imply endorsement by the Diabetes Action
Network of the NFB.

DIABETIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Diabetic Healthcare Services will take your order

for Diabetes supplies (including prescription medications), by mail or phone, and file all

your necessary forms for you. The accent is on speed and convenience; their paperwork

Job Opportunities For The Blind

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE

BLIND

Did you know a blind person can be a successful

trucker, hauling potatoes in an 18-wheel rig, or an elementary teacher, teaching

handwriting to sighted children, or a clinical dietitian, or a computer programmer? How do

they do it? Listen to blind Americans talking about their jobs, on your FREE copy of the

"1997 National Job Seminar," available only on 2-track audiocassette from Job

Food For Thought

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

We invite blurbs and tidbit articles
for inclusion in this column. Materials received may be edited and used as space
permits. Products and services included in this column are for information only
and do not imply endorsement by the Diabetes Action Network of the NFB.

INSULIN STORAGE

Recently we asked Lilly Research Laboratories, a

division of Eli Lilly & Co., the largest manufacturer of insulin in the United States,

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Medicare Diabetes Reform

MEDICARE DIABETES REFORM!

National Diabetes Forum

NATIONAL DIABETES FORUM

On October 30, 1997, the Centers for Disease

Control (CDC) hosted the first of a series of "National Diabetes Town Hall

Meetings," with the theme "Diabetes: Control is Prevention." The

presenters, led by Dr. Frank Vinicor of the CDC, were in an auditorium in Atlanta,

Georgia, but a live closed-circuit television hookup allowed participants from all over

the country to immediately participate, and to respond by phone or fax. Doctors,