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Diabetes Epidemic Crisis for Diabetes Educators and Their Patients
Scott King speaks with Donna Rice, President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) about the crisis facing diabetes educators and their patients during a worldwide diabetes epidemic. Despite that epidemic, diabetes educators are losing their jobs and diabetes centers are closing their doors. As a result, diabetes patients are not receiving the information and knowledge they need to help them manage their disease. Hopefully, patients will learn from this video that they should request their doctor to refer them to a diabetes educator.
Demonstration of Two Newly Introduced Glucose Meters from Agamatrix
Hadi El Heneidi and Joseph Flaherty of Agamatrix demonstrate two new Wavesense glucose meters. The new Jazz and Keynote meters may offer very accurate glucose monitoring to diabetic patients.
Diabetes - The Global Disease
Barbara Bradley, diabetes educator, pump author and writer, discusses her current work in a clinic working with uninsured and underinsured patients with diabetes, most of whom do not speak English. As diabetes has become a global disease, her greatest challenge is translating diabetes education into Spanish with the help of an interpreter to help treat her patients.
Devoted Educator Travels Long Distances to Treat her Patients
Kelly Dawes, CDE who lives in Kentucky and drives 80 miles to Tennessee and back each day to teach patients diabetes education, discusses her work visiting patients bed-to-bed in a Tennessee hospital.
Eating Healthy in Restaurants
Dr. Joanne Lichten, PhD, RD, a registered dietician, talks about how to eat healthily in restaurants and discusses portion sizes in her newly published book "Dining Lean."
A New Diet for Diabetes Patients
Caroline Trapp, MSN, CNP, CDE, a diabetes nurse practitioner and former diabetes hero of the month at Diabetes Health magazine, talks about a new vegan diet that may be beneficial to people with diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic in Children
Christine Quan, RD, CDE, a diabetes educator for 27 years who specializes in nutrition and who herself has lived with type 1 diabetes for 50 years, talks about the type 2 diabetes epidemic in children today.
World Famous Author Stephen Covey's New Booklet "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Diabetes"
Dr. Stephen Covey, world famous author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" talks with Scott King about his new booklet dedicated to people with diabetes called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Diabetes" initiated by Bayer Diabetic Care.
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Pain in Your Feet? Try These Proven Techniques for Soothing Them One of the more common and early complications of diabetes is nerve pain or peripheral neuropathy. Symptoms are tingling, pain or numbness in the legs and feet, sometimes in arms and hands.
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"I Don't Care About My Health Right Now" It is always interesting trying to observe something that we don't ourselves live with. Though I do not have diabetes, I am surrounded by it through family, friends and work on a daily basis.
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I just had a frightening experience. A severe hypoglycemic, I took my regular 5 units of R Humulin 30 minutes before lunch. Instead of my normal sandwich and milk at lunch, I drank a glass of Slim Fast with milk. I carefully read the label and figured out that it was almost identical to the sandwich in calories, carbs and sugars.
0 comments - 30 Jan 2008 - Not Yet Rated
A survey of people's experience with healthcare in seven countries - Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States - shows that we Americans don't stack up very well.
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A Diabetic Chihuahua Is a Child's Christmas Angel Eight-year-old Olivia Miller asked for a Chihuahua for Christmas, but what she received was far more precious than just any pet. That's because Olivia and her new little dog both have diabetes and today they comfort and encourage each other through the rigors of dealing with the disease.
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Press Release - "Lighten Up With Richard Simmons" To Focus On The Growing Diabetes Health Crisis On Sunday, January 27th, SIRIUS' Lighten Up with Richard Simmons will be dedicated to diabetes awareness. Simmons, one of America's most loved fitness experts, will discuss the importance of diabetes awareness as well as its related health issues.
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By mid-2010, an international clinical trial now underway may conclusively confirm insulin's ability to limit damage from heart attacks. The trial, called INTENSIVE, will be conducted at 90 centers in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina.
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Sponsor a Pig Now, Help Insulin Cell Transplants Later Sponsor a pig and you can help a unique collaboration between Spring Point Project and the University of Minnesota to begin transplanting insulin-producing islet cells from pigs to humans within the next two years.
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