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TALKING MEDICINE IDENTIFIERS
by Ed Bryant
Photo: portrait. Caption: Ed Bryant.
Blind people, and those losing vision, have always had difficulty
identifying their medications and telling them apart. Serious consequences can
follow, when prescriptions, oral or injectable, are mistaken, and the wrong
dose given. One of those medications is insulin.
For years I have worked to make insulin manufacturers aware of this problem,
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Independent home dialysis possible
for blind persons
by Lois M. Schmidt, R.N., C.N.N
Lois Schmidt, R.N., C.N.N., is a certified nephrology nurse
formerly with the Peritoneal Dialysis Unit at Dialysis Clinics, Inc., Columbia,
Missouri.
Kidney failure is a disease occuring in about half of those people who have
diabetes. It presents new challenges to the person who may at the same time
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RECIPE CORNER
Artwork: vegetables.
This issue, all recipes are taken from The Diabetic's Healthy
Exchanges Cookbook, by JoAnna M. Lund, published 1996 by Perigee.
HOMEMADE CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP
Ingredients:
2 cups chopped fresh mushroom
½ cup chopped onion
½ teaspoon dried minced garlic
2 cups (one 16-oz can) Healthy Request Chicken Broth
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
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ASK JANIS
Photo: portrait. Caption: Janie Roszler.
Janis Roszler, RD, CDE, LD/N is a registered dietitian, certified
diabetes educator, and certified insulin pump trainer. She has counseled individuals
with diabetes for over 14 years, and is currently the diabetes educator for
the website: www.diabetic.com
This column is for educational purposes only. For answers that meet your specific
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NEW DEVICE EASES EYE EXAMINATIONS
We all know the importance of regular, thorough eye examinations.
If you have diabetes, regular eye exams can pick up evidence of retinopathy,
diabetic eye disease, early on, in time to intervene and possibly save your
sight. Make it a habit!
But optometrists and ophthalmologists are not spread evenly around, nor equally
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Artwork: dancing fruit and vegetables.
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.
Diabetes Newsletter
Are you always looking for more diabetes information? Insulin
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WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO ASK
(Resource Column)
Artwork: Hand pulling book off shelf.
Inclusion of materials in this publication is for information
only and does not imply endorsement by the Diabetes Action Network of the NFB.
New Diabetes Resource List
The Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind will soon
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TECHNIQUE KEEPS DIABETIC CHILDREN
OUT OF EMERGENCY ROOM
by Lori Williams
Baylor College of Medicine
Teaching parents a fresh approach to an old medical problem
is helping kids with diabetes stay out of the emergency room. Developed by doctors
at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, the approach, called mini?dose
glucagon rescue, puts control back into the hands of parents.
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VOICE OF THE DIABETIC
The Diabetes Action Network of the National
Federation of the Blind
A Support and Information Network
Volume 16, Number 3, Summer Edition 2001
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC, published quarterly,
is the national news 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
Voice of the Diabetic: Table of Contents
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC
The Diabetes Action Network of the National
Federation of the Blind
A Support and Information Network
Volume 16, Number 3, Summer Edition 2001