Dealing with Male Impotence
DEALING WITH MALE
IMPOTENCE--ANOTHER OPTION
by Allan D. Nichols
Imagine you are a man in your mid-forties. You have
been a diabetic for over 30 years. You have fought, and
still fight, nearly every conceivable complication of that
insidious disease. You are blind, and you have had a kidney
transplant following the loss of your own kidneys. You have
long suffered from diabetic neuropathy, which has taken both
your feet and a couple of fingertips. You know what it's
Essence of Maturity
THE ESSENCE OF
MATURITY
by Marc Maurer
Mr. Maurer, President of the National Federation of the
Blind, delivered the following keynote address at the NFB
annual convention, Anaheim, California, July 4, 1996.
Maturity is the exercise of intelligence in the fourth
dimension--time. As Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, who was then
serving as President of the National Federation of the
Blind, said in 1986: "To the extent one ranges backward in
Managed Health Care
WHAT IS MANAGED HEALTH CARE?
by Christine Tobin, MBA, RN,
CDE
For many of us, the growth of "managed
health care" has been frustrating and confusing. We are
angry and upset at a system in transition, which we do not yet
fully understand. Some areas of the country are just beginning to
feel the impact of managed care, while other regions are fully
involved. These different stages in the evolution of managed care
compound our lack of understanding.
Spotlight: Maureen Mould
SPOTLIGHT:
MAUREEN MOULD
Maureen Mould has broken the rules. Somebody
said "you can't do that, because you're diabetic!" She
wasn't listening.
Now 45 years old, she was born into a family
"pretty much inundated with the disease." Her father,
sister, brother, both grandfathers, and some aunts and uncles had
diabetes, and she was diagnosed with the condition at age five.
"It didn't stop me from doing much of
My Insulin Reaction
MY INSULIN REACTION
by Carol Anderson
The Saturday before Christmas I was volunteering
as a receptionist at a local museum. I would then go to a Christmas party. It
had been a year since my kidney transplant, and my life was filled with activities,
now that I was feeling well, and "getting back into the world again."
New Drug Approved
NEW DIABETES DRUG
APPROVED
New Diabetes Marker
NEW MARKER FOR
DIABETES IDENTIFIED
Scientists at the National Institutes
of Health have identified a protein that is an important marker for type I (insulin
dependent) diabetes. The protein can be used in combination with two other known
marker proteins to improve diagnosis of individuals who have diabetes, and identify
those at risk of developing the disease. It and other marker proteins are candidates
for experimental treatments aimed at preventing the onset of type I diabetes.
New B-D Pen
THE NEW B-D PEN
Users of the Novolin System pen injection
devices, or the Owen Mumford Autopens, now have a third choice. Becton Dickinson
and Company now offers the B-D Pen. Designed to use the new Eli Lilly Humulin
Cartridge System insulins, and B-D Ultra-Fine disposable pen needles, the B-D
Pen is also compatible with insulins and disposable needles manufactured by
Novo Nordisk.
Such a pen, while incapable of delivering a mixed
insulin dose (except the 70/30 factory pre-mix) offers
New Recommendations
NEW DIABETES DIAGNOSIS RECOMMENDATIONS
by Ed Bryant
On June 23, the American Diabetes Association
sponsored a telephone news conference in which members of
"the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of
Diabetes Mellitus" presented their findings regarding the
need to revise diabetes diagnosis and classification, and
answered audience questions. Current estimates are that over 100
billion dollars a year (in direct and indirect costs), are poured
TACTILE INSULIN VIALS:
TACTILE INSULIN
VIALS: AN ONGOING SAGA
by Ed Bryant