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NIKKI AND HER INSULIN PUMP

by Julie DeFruscio

Photo: Portrait. Caption: Julie and Nikki DeFruscio.

From the Editor: Although insulin infusion therapy (the insulin pump) is known

to be effective, unobtrusive, and perhaps the closest thing to a healthy pancreas

available at this time, how early can it be started? The author knew the benefits

of pump therapy - but her diabetic daughter was a toddler.

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ASK THE DOCTOR

by Wesley W. Wilson, MD

Artwork: medical caduceus.

NOTE: If you have any questions for “Ask the Doctor,” please send

them to the VOICE editorial office. The only questions Dr. Wilson will be

able to answer are the ones used in this column.

Wesley W. Wilson, MD has retired as an Internal Medicine

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NEW KIDNEY FAILURE RESEARCH

For some time, doctors have known that a class of blood-pressure

medications, the ACE inhibitors, were effective at staving off diabetogenic

kidney failure (End Stage Renal Disease or ESRD). ACE inhibitors are quite

safe and inexpensive, but can produce a nuisance cough in a certain percentage

of users.

What are the alternatives? Are they as effective? Recent

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WALKING FOR A CURE

by Meg Dixit

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Did you know that 16 million Americans

have diabetes and one-third of them don't even know it? This was just one

of the billboards participants in “America's Walk for Diabetes”

passed by at a fundraising walk held on September 15, which took place around

Lake Merced Park in San Francisco.

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MAIL ORDER DIABETES DRUGS SAVE MONEY

by Michael J. Pirages

Diabetes patients without drug insurance coverage are among

the thousands of consumers nationwide who have discovered mail order pharmacies

as a way to save money on prescription drugs costs. Shopping at mail order

pharmacies, consumers can save as much as 85 percent, especially at Canadian

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TALKING BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEMS

by Ed Bryant

Photo: Portrait. Caption: Ed Bryant.

As editor of VOICE OF THE DIABETIC, I am often asked about the relative

strengths and weaknesses of the various voice-enunciation equipped home

blood glucose monitors available today. As regular blood-glucose metering

is tremendously important, and as new developments regularly occur, I periodically

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HOPE OF BLINDNESS CURE

(This story reprinted from BBC ONLINE, (c) 2001 The British

Broadcasting Corporation. Reprinted with permission)

Scientists have developed a technique which they hope will restore sight

to people left blinded by retinal damage. A team in Japan has announced

that they have successfully grown the light-sensitive receptors, or rods,