Laxity in Diabetic Care in the US - MedicineNet.com Medical References for Patients

Quote: "If you're a diabetic over 55, you should be on an aspirin a day, a lipid-lowering agent [to lower cholesterol], and a medication to prevent heart attacks, like an ACE inhibitor. Heart attacks kill 80% of diabetics, and you can drop that by 70% by taking those three medications. You should therefore see your provider and discuss getting on them. Simple three pills, very safe and very simple, with almost no side effects. It could add years to your life." (Dr. R. James Dudi, Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, San Diego)

BBC NEWS | Health | Back pain drug 'may aid diabetics'

A drug used to treat backpain may also prevent patients with diabetes from going blind or having limbs amputated, a study suggests.
Scientists in the United States have found evidence to indicate that benfotiamine may be able to keep blood vessels healthy.

The Five Absolute Worst Foods You Can Eat 10/18/03

By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege


There are no “bad” foods, right? Only food you should eat in moderation? Well, not really. The following foods are so bad for your body that I really can’t see any reason to eat them. Not only do they have zero nutritional value, but they also give your body a healthy dose of toxins, which should make the idea of eating them really hard to swallow.

Joslin Diabetes Center - Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment, Diabetes Symptom, Diabetes Research and Diabetes Education.

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Yahoo! News - EATING TO LIVE
According to "SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life" (William Morrow, $24.95), some foods will not only improve your life - but may well extend it.

NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter: "NutritionData

Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter

NutritionData (ND) generates nutrition facts labels and provides simplified nutritional analyses for all foods and recipes.

ND tells you what's good and bad about the foods you eat, and helps you select foods that best meet your dietary needs."

News - Cardiovascular Risk Increases With Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio at Lower Limit Than Previously Thought

TopAbstracts in Diabetes 12/16/2003 - and many other links

Triple Therapy Better Than Mixed Insulin for Obese Type 2 DM

Dec. 5, 2003 — Combining rosiglitazone, metformin, and insulin aspart improved glucose metabolism in obese type 2 diabetic patients compared with mixed insulin alone, according to the results of a open-label, randomized trial published in the December issue of Diabetes Care

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ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on Strict Glycemic Control: "The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) supports strict glycemic control in all appropriate patients with diabetes mellitus. Strict glycemic control in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus has been shown to reduce the progression of some of the disease's chronic complications, including nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy, and there are strong indications that such control may reduce the risks associated with macrovascular disease"

Effects of Dietary Intake of Phase 2 Protein Inducers: "The indigenous people of Australia also have a high incidence of type 2 diabetes.[7] Of interest is that a return to a traditional lifestyle for a mere 7 weeks results in major improvement and often complete normalization of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic abnormalities.[8] Clearly, in this case, environment has interacted with genotype in a positive manner. The change in lifestyle included both more exercise and changes in diet."

The indigenous people of Australia also have a high incidence of type 2 diabetes.[7] Of interest is that a return to a traditional lifestyle for a mere 7 weeks results in major improvement and often complete normalization of the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic abnormalities.[8] Clearly, in this case, environment has interacted with genotype in a positive manner. The change in lifestyle included both more exercise and changes in diet.

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Entrez-PubMed: "Insulin glargine: a systematic review of a long-acting insulin analogue"
Insulin glargine: a systematic review of a long-acting insulin analogue

Diabetes Monitor: Lispro Insulin (Humalog)

Insulin lispro (Humalog) was the first insulin analog. Analogs are modifications of natural insulin, where changes are made in the amino acid sequence of the insulin molecule that affect the duration of action.


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