A Second Opinion
A SECOND OPINION
by Brenda Taliaferro
Oral Diabetes Medications
REVIEW OF ORAL DIABETES MEDICATIONS
by Peter J. Nebergall, PhD
Currently there are an estimated 16 million
diabetics in the United States. Perhaps 10 percent are
insulin-dependent; the rest are type II diabetics, controlling
their condition with diet, exercise, and oral medications.
Oral medications are not insulin pills, rather
four classes of drugs designed to improve the body's utilization
of what insulin is still present. These are: The sulfonylureas,
Organ Donors
ORGAN DONORS
New Federal legislation directs the Secretary
of the Treasury to place an organ donor card and pamphlet in every envelope
containing an income tax refund check in 1997. As up to 70 million Americans
receive such checks, this should really help spread the message that organ donation
saves lives.
Think about it. If something sudden were to happen to
you, your posthumous gift could bring life and independence
to others. The wait is long for donated organs, and the
Pancreas Transplantation
PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION
by G.P. Basadonna, MD,
PhD
Division of Organ Transplantation
and Immunology Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
Pancreas transplantation is the only treatment for type
I diabetes that establishes an insulin-independent,
euglycemic state; glycosylated hemoglobin levels are
normalized for as long as the graft functions. But the
penalty for constant normoglycemia is the need for
Potassium Guidelines
SOME GUIDELINES FOR RESTRICTING POTASSIUM
IN THE RENAL DIET
by Betty Wedman, PhD, RD, LD
Prevention, Detection
DIABETES: PREVENTION
AND EARLY DETECTION
by Laura R. Simpson, RN,
MA, CDE
Preventing Diabetes
PREVENTING,
MINIMIZING, OR DELAYING KIDNEY FAILURE
Less Protein: Fewer Deaths
LESS PROTEIN
MAY REDUCE DIALYSIS DEATHS
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
have found that a low-protein diet before dialysis may prolong the lives of
kidney failure patients during their first two years of dialysis. The findings
also suggest the diet may postpone the start of dialysis for some patients.
The Hopkins team studied 44 patients placed on a
special supplemented diet and given dietary counseling at
least four months before dialysis began. During the first
Recipe Corner
RECIPE CORNER
Send your great food
ideas to the editor. Your recipes will be evaluated by dietitians, and if necessary,
adjusted to make them more diabetically appropriate. Then he gets to taste them...
Recipe Corner
RECIPE CORNER
Send your great food ideas to the editor. Your recipes will
be evaluated by dietitians, and if necessary, adjusted to make them more diabetically
appropriate. Then he gets to taste them...
Cucumber Soup
from Rosemarie Ventura of Buffalo, NY
1 large cucumber, peeled and shredded
1 cup non-fat plain yogurt
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste (optional)
diced tomato (optional)spinach (optional)