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BOOK REVIEWS
by Marilyn Helton
Greetings Readers! Being the grandmother
of a very active five-year-old, I can't help but be hypervigilant about the
threat of juvenile diabetes. Taylor has watched me measure my blood glucose
hundreds of times, as well as suffered disappointments when my diabetes and/or
medications have prevented me from attending some of her preschool and birthday
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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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.
Check for Diabetes At Age 10
Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine,
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HEALTH LITERACY: THE UNSEEN PROBLEM
From The Editor: The following is from ISMP MEDICATION SAFETY ALERT, published
by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. While they are concerned with
all medications, misdosage of diabetes medications can have especially severe
consequences.
Many people have trouble functioning well as patients, even health professionals.
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ASK JANIS
by Janis Roszler
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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
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DIALYSIS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Ed Bryant
During this year's annual convention of the National Federation
of the Blind, in Louisville, Kentucky (Wednesday, July 3, through Tuesday,
July 9), dialysis will be available. Individuals requiring dialysis must have
a transient patient packet and physician's statement filled out prior to treatment.
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WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
TO ASK
(Resource Column)
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Inclusion of materials in this publication is for information only and does
not imply endorsement by the Diabetes Action Network of the NFB.
Full Service Diabetes Supplier
DS Medical Supply is a full-service supplier
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GLUCOWATCH AVAILABILITY
While the Cygnus Glucowatch Biographer is not truly “noninvasive”
(it requires one conventional finger-stick every 12 hours for calibration),
it is the closest thing we have at this time, and many people want to know
when they can get one. The Glucowatch is new technology, and many different
components and manufacturing processes have required FDA approval. As of November
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RECIPE CORNER
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This issue, all recipes are taken from The Diabetic's Healthy Exchanges
Cookbook, by JoAnna M. Lund, published by Perigee.
HEARTY CORN CHILI
Ingredients:
8 ounces ground 90% lean turkey or beef
½ cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1-3/4 (one 14 ½-ounce can) stewed tomatoes, undrained
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IF YOU EXERCISE AND USE INSULIN, THEN PUMP IT!
by Sheri Colberg, PhD
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Even if you are only an occasional “recreational sports” participant,
any exercise you do can improve your body's ability to use insulin. Normally,
exercise causes a decrease in the release of insulin by your pancreas, at
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NEW TECHNIQUE TO TREAT FOOT ULCERS
Serious, infected foot ulcers are a frequent complication of diabetes, and,
unhealed, can be a major source of amputation. Diabetic neuropathy impairs
nerve sensation, and an individual can be unable to detect minor injury or
infection. Wounds that would otherwise receive prompt attention progress into
ulcers, and, with the impaired circulation that so often accompanies diabetes,