August 06, 2008 Issue #428 Recommend Us

When our publisher, Steve Freed, BSPharm, and I first got together it was because I had found a soluble fiber product that lowered cholesterol levels and seemed to help control glucose levels. Steve explained that this fiber worked as a "bile acid sequestrant. Now he has found a whole class of drugs that work the same way, without the muss and fuss of mixing powder. Click here to learn more about one of these drugs.

This week is the AADE conference in Washington DC.  Don't forget to stop by our booth #645, and say hello and pick up a free box of WaterSensations, DiVinci Sugarfree Flavor Samples and learn about a new nutritional product developed by Dr. Aaron Vinik for neuropathy. 

Our new intern, Kate Messamore, PharmD Candidate, University of Florida has reviewed Neurophysiological Pathways to Obesity: Below Awareness and Beyond Individual Control written by Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH, at the RAND Corporation. This is some unbelievable information you have to read.

Richard K. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N., FCCWS, has some simple exercises for improving gastroparesis. I have been using the first example with patients and it really works. Check it out for yourself.

The Diabetes Day of Hope is coming to Chicago and maybe a city near you.  Check it out and let us know if you would like to do the same for your city.
http://www.diabetesdayofhope.com/

Aug. 10, 7PM ET on CNBC
dLifeTV will be pre-empted by the Olympics.

We can make a difference!

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More Current News on Diabetes
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Item #3:  Possible New Diabetes Drug Succinobucol Meets Main Goal 
Item #4:  Adiponectin May Increase Risk of Heart Attack
Item #6:  Worrying Increases Men's Diabetes Risk But Not For Women
Item #10:  Nephrologists Debate Uses of Estimated Kidney Function
Item #12:  Diabetes Increases Risk for Pneumonia-Related Hospitalization
Item #13:  Exercise Needed to Maintain Weight Loss in Overweight Women
Item #15:  Traditional Laser Treatment More Effective than New Drug Therapy for Preserving Eyesight in Diabetic Patients   

Check out this weeks "Test Your DIABETES Knowledge" question. 

LIVE WEBCAST:
Dr. Bernstein will participate in another 60 minute Tele-Seminar that we invite you and your patients to attend. In addition to calling in, this upcoming call will also be broadcast through a LIVE web-cast on the Internet. Don't miss it. Click here to register for this free teleconference.
http://www.diabetes911.net/askdrb/index.php

Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief, CDE, FACA

Top Diabetes Stories

Exercise Pill Offers Fitness Without Effort*
Artificial Pancreas Getting Close*
1 Hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Predicts Risk for Type 2 Diabetes*
Low-Fat Diet May Not Protect Postmenopausal Women From Diabetes Risk*
Simple: A Daily 45 Minute Walk Limits the Impact of Diabetes*
Vitamin C Linked to Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes*
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis*

Dave Joffe, Editor-in-Chief, CDE, FACA

NewsFlash
The Magic Pill?
Exercise Pill Offers Fitness Without Effort*
See This Weeks' Item #1

Artificial Pancreas Getting Close:
See This Weeks" Item#5

Exercise Pill Offers Fitness Without�Effort
Women With Diabetes Prior to Pregnancy Linked With Birth Defects
Possible New Diabetes Drug Succinobucol Meets Main Goal
Adiponectin May Increase Risk of Heart Attack
Artificial Pancreas Getting Close
Worrying Increases Men�s Diabetes Risk But Not For Women
1 Hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Predicts Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Low-Fat Diet May Not Protect Postmenopausal Women From Diabetes Risk
Simple: A Daily 45 Minute Walk Limits the Impact of Diabetes
Nephrologists Debate Uses of Estimated Kidney Function
Vitamin C Linked to Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes�
Diabetes Increases Risk for Pneumonia-Related Hospitalization
Exercise Needed to Maintain Weight Loss in Overweight Women
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Traditional Laser Treatment More Effective than New Drug Therapy for Preserving Eyesight in Diabetic Patients

Floating Balls
A simple demonstration can impact your patients.

Tina Trout can talk to patients about the way uncontrolled diabetes can affect their bodies, from heart disease to blindness and kidney problems, but sometimes it's the visual demonstration that works best.

She shows them two jars, each filled with a red liquid. One represents the blood of healthy people; the other, the blood of someone who doesn't control their diabetes. She drops a few plastic balls in each jar and turns them upside down. With that, the effect diabetes has on the body becomes much clearer.  More information

Should all adults who start on insulin be given a glucagon kit or would that scare them away from insulin use?
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