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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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Sunday, July 1, through Saturday, July 7), dialysis will be available.
Individuals requiring dialysis
must have a transient patient packet and physician's statement filled out prior
to treatment. Conventioneers must have their unit contact the desired location
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NONINVASIVE GLUCOSE MONITORS
Research continues towards
the goal of a truly noninvasive glucose monitor. The Cygnus Glucowatch is well
into the FDA approval process, and it will be useful, but it is not noninvasive;
daily finger-stick calibrations will be required.
Instrumentation Metrics.
from Chandler, Arizona, is working to perfect a "near-infrared spectroscopy"(NIR)-based
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BOOK REVIEWS
by Marilyn Helton
Step Into Spring With Healthier
Habits
I just returned from a
morning appointment and I'm full of fresh "Spring is in the air" enthusiasm.
We're having one of those rare, end-of-winter days on the West Coast, the kind
that plays tag with your senses and teases you into believing you can do anything,
even exercise!
We diabetics know how
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NEW THERAPY MAY INHABIT RETINOPATHY
The days of "laser surgery"
may be numbered. GenVec, Inc., a Maryland-based pharmaceutical research firm,
has obtained exclusive license to PEDF, pigment epithelium- derived factor,
a substance developed by researchers at Northwestern University. PEDF appears
to inhibit the abnormal capillary growth we know as diabetic retinopathy, which
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GLUCOWATCH APPROVED
On March 22, 2001, The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had completed the
approval process for the Glucowatch Biographer continuous glucose monitor. It's
passed; it's here; it will now come to market. Worn like a big wristwatch, the
Glucowatch is the first working alternative to "lancet and test-strip" blood
glucose monitors to reach "approval" status.
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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.
INHALED INSULIN PROGRESS
Generex Biotechnology has
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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 2, Spring Edition 2001
Five Years Out
FIVE
YEARS OUT
by Donovan
Cooper
From the Editor:
Donovan Cooper is a former President of the Diabetes Action Network
of the National Federation of the Blind, and remains an active federationist.
Although he has experienced more than his share of complications, he doesn't
let the side effects of diabetes slow him down.
I received a kidney/pancreas transplant at the
University of Minnesota Medical Center in June of 1991. I
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
It will soon be time for
the 1997 convention of the National Federation of the Blind, to be held at the
Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans, Louisiana 70140.
All hotel reservations must be made through our NFB
National Office. Call the National Center at (410) 659-9314
or write to: National Convention, National Federation of the
Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. No
reservation will be valid unless it has been made through
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