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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Stand Up To Diabetes - Public Information - Ontario.ca

Ontario, it's time to stand up to diabetes, to learn about risk factors in getting it, possibly preventing it, and managing it if you already have it. You can do it.

Diabetes is on the rise. In 2007/08, approximately 969,000 Ontarians had diabetes. By 2010, that number may reach 1.2 million. (Lipscombe 2007).

Why the need for action? Diabetes is a serious disease that needs managing. If neglected, it can lead to serious, long-term health complications, including heart and kidney disease, stroke, blindness and amputation, and accounts for a significant number of emergency rooms visits each year.

Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented through healthy eating, weight management and exercise. By making the right lifestyle choices, both types of diabetes can be managed; letting you live a long and healthy life.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

AHRQ Reports Declines in Diabetes Care - HealthLeaders Media

Care for people with diabetes, who are at higher risk for disease-related blindness, limb amputations and kidney failure, has been getting worse rather than better, according to an analysis taken from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's latest National Healthcare Disparities Report .

For example, the agency said, the proportion of low income adults age 40 and older with diabetes who had annual recommended blood sugar levels tested, had their eyes examined for retinopathy and their feet examined for nerve damage and circulation issues declined from 39% to 23% between 2002 and 2007.

For middle-income adults, the situation remained the same, with slightly more than half, 52%, receiving those recommended yearly exams.

Racial disparities in getting these recommended screenings was pronounced. Blacks experienced an 11 percentage point drop, from 43% to 32%. The percentage of Hispanics who had all three exams dropped from 34% to 27%. And among whites, diabetes testing also declined, but by only 4 points, from 43% to 39%.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Diabetes Social Networking Web Sites Vary in Quality: MedlinePlus

The quality of social networking sites for people with diabetes varies greatly, researchers say, with some providing useful medical information and emotional support, while others may simply be thinly veiled advertising sites.

Only half of the sites researchers from Children's Hospital Boston reviewed contained content that was in line with current diabetes science and clinical practice, the study found.

"This study was an attempt to rigorously review online social networking communities focused on diabetes, not Web sites and not bulletin board communities," said lead author Elissa Weitzman, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Children's Hospital Informatics Program in Boston.

"People are in these communities to address an overwhelming need for information and social communication. And, we found that a couple of sites consistently did better than others," she added.

Weitzman declined to name those sites, explaining the study was designed to evaluate the social networks overall, not to provide specific reviews. Also, some of the networks reviewed may not be active anymore.

The researchers reviewed the top 10 diabetes social networks, according to a Google search. They evaluated each one for the accuracy of its diabetes science; safety practices (Were sites monitored by moderators? Were conflicts of interest apparent? How was misinformation handled?); accessibility of privacy policies, and the ability to change privacy settings. They also looked at how advertising was identified, how member data was shared and what control members had over their data.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Hospital meals make it difficult to control blood sugars, KevinMD.com

My mom doesn’t take any diabetes medicine. She keeps her blood sugars normal through a combination of common sense and careful carbohydrate consumption.
A few months ago, she had to be hospitalized for what she calls a “minor procedure.” The procedure went fine, but not the food. The first meal they brought her consisted of breaded fish (frozen), mashed potatoes (instant), corn (canned), a dinner roll (frozen), and tea (2 sugar packets on tray). “If I ate that, my blood sugars would have gone through the roof!” she told me. She drank the tea, and called my dad, who arrived shortly with chopped salad, roasted peppers, and meat loaf. This week’s post is about hospital food, if you can call it that. You are not going to believe what it’s like to order meals for hospitalized patients.
Let’s imagine, for example, a diabetic guy in the intensive care unit. His blood sugars have been completely out of control, up and down, up and down. He is recovering slowly from a very serious pneumonia, and is only now beginning to eat again. The nurse asks if I’d like to order an 1800 kcal ADA diet, which I do not.
An “1800 kcal ADA” diet means 1800 calories total each day, in accordance with the recommendations of the American Diabetic Association. Their recommended diet is loaded (and I am not exaggerating here) with processed carbohydrate items guaranteed to make it nearly impossible to control one’s blood sugar. No thanks.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Stand Up To Diabetes - Public Information - Ontario.ca

Friday, April 1, 2011

AHRQ Reports Declines in Diabetes Care - HealthLeaders Media

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Diabetes Social Networking Web Sites Vary in Quality: MedlinePlus

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Hospital meals make it difficult to control blood sugars, KevinMD.com

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