Diabetes Treatments

What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your pancreas Fortunately, good diabetes care and management can prevent …

Type 2 diabetes:
The good news
You can live a long and healthy life by keeping your blood glucose levels the amount of sugar in your blood in the target range set by your doctor see our fact sheet, Managing your blood glucose You can do this by:

the basics
management

What is type 2 diabetes?
Your body gets energy by making glucose from foods like bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, milk and fruit To use this glucose, your body needs insulin Insulin is a hormone that helps your body control the level of glucose sugar in your blood Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or your body does not properly use the insulin it makes If you have type 2 diabetes, glucose builds up in your blood instead of being used for energy

w Eating healthy meals and snacks w Enjoying regular physical activity w Taking diabetes medications
including insulin, if prescribed by your doctor Type 2 diabetes is a progressive, life-long condition; over time, it may be more difficult to keep your blood glucose levels in your target range Your healthcare team can help by working with you to adjust your food plan, activity and medications

Complications of diabetes
Over
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November is American Diabetes Month! employers and payers linked to AAPPO’s ACT on Diabetes web site; NCQA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program and …

Helping PPOs take ACTION, CHAMPION better care, and empower patients to TAKE charge of diabetes

AAPPO ACT on Diabetes

November is American Diabetes Month - ACT Now
Letter to Members from Karen Greenrose
Dear AAPPO Members: November is American Diabetes Month As you know, AAPPO is engaged in a year-long initiative to help members engage in improving diabetes care Every AAPPO member can take on diabetes in some way If your customers are PAYERS talk with them about the cost of diabetes and show them diabetes resources for employers and payers linked to AAPPOs ACT on Diabetes web site; If your customers are PROVIDERS tell them about recognition programs for high quality providers, including the NCQA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program and recognize high quality physicians in your provider directory; If your customers are MEMBERS, add the risk assessment tool or other information about diabetes to your web site or link to some of the web resources identified by AAPPOs ACT on Diabetes Program In November we encourage all our members to ACT on Diabetes Take these three steps 1 Find out what you can do Ask your customers what your organization can do to provide additional value to
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People with diabetes should try to maintain a healthy weight and eat a diet that What is diabetes? Type 1 diabetes usually develops in a few weeks and the …

DIABETES
Key points Diabetes develops when the body cannot use glucose properly Around 14 million people in the UK have diagnosed diabetes, of whom around 1 million have type 2 diabetes In addition, there are a large number of people who may have unrecognised diabetes Eating a healthy balanced diet, taking regular physical exercise, and maintaining a healthy body weight can help to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes People with diabetes should try to maintain a healthy weight and eat a diet that is low in fat particularly saturates and salt but contains plenty of fruit and vegetables at least five portions a day and starchy carbohydrate foods such as bread, rice and pasta particularly whole-grain versions What is diabetes? Diabetes or diabetes mellitus to use its full name is a condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood is too high The process of moving glucose from the blood into the bodys cells relies on a hormone called insulin When insulin levels are too low or are not effective, blood glucose levels can rise and this may result in diabetes The symptoms The main symptoms of untreated diabetes are: increased thirst need to pass urine much more often,
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Diabetes. Association (ADA) ATTN: National Call Center, 1701 North Beauregard Street, for Diabetes & Children/Families. RI Local & National Resources …

Diabetes. Association (ADA) ATTN: National Call Center, 1701 North Beauregard Street, for Diabetes & Children/Families. RI Local & National Resources …

RI Local National Resources for Diabetes Children/Families
Diabetes Associations Web Sites

Agency American Diabetes Association ADA

Contact Info ATTN: National Call Center, 1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311 1-800-DIABETES M-F 8:30am-8:00pm EST E-mail: AskADA@diabetesorg Web: http://wwwdiabetesorg PO Box 1525, Fall River, MA 02722 508672-5671, Fax: 508672-4546 E-mail: daisema@earthlinknet Web: http://wwwdiabetesmaorg/

Description Offers a wide variety of general information about the diagnosis of all types of diabetes, including juvenile diabetes Provides education, information, referral, motivation and support for people with diabetes and those who care for them Provides information on a multitude of topics, along with valuable links and information targeted especially for school nurses Educates and supports individuals families affected by diabetes General info on prevention and control of diabetes, including nutrition info, diabetes children, tools resources The Joslin Clinics treat patients with a broad range of endocrine and other related diseases

Diabetes Association Inc

School Nurse Site

Web: http://wwwschoolnursecom

Diabetes Foundation of Rhode
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Diabetes is a lifelong disease. People with diabetes either don’t make insulin or their body’s cells no longer By definition, diabetes is having a …

Diabetes is a lifelong disease. People with diabetes either don’t make insulin or their body’s cells no longer By definition, diabetes is having a …

Diabetes Basics What Is Diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a disease of the pancreas an organ behind your stomach Normally, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin that helps your body store and use the sugar and fat from the food you eat Diabetes occurs: When the pancreas does not produce any insulin, or The pancreas produces very little insulin, or When the body does not respond appropriately to insulin, a condition called insulin resistance

Diabetes is a lifelong disease Approximately 182 million Americans have the disease, thats 63 of the US population While a third are aware that they have it, another one third or 52 million are unaware that they have diabetes An additional 20 million people have pre-diabetes As yet, there is no cure People with diabetes need to manage their disease to stay healthy The Role of Insulin in Diabetes To understand why insulin is important, it helps to know more about how the body uses food for energy Your body is made up of millions of cells To make energy, these cells need food in a very simple form When you eat or drink, much of your food is broken down into a simple sugar called glucose Then, glucose is transported through the
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burden of diabetes and improve the quality of life of all persons who have or Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes whose …

23 Diabetes
Goal:

Reduce the physical, emotional, and economic burden of diabetes and improve the quality of life of all persons who have or are at risk for diabetes 23

23 Diabetes
Health Goal for the Year 2010: Reduce the physical, emotional and economic burden of diabetes and improve the quality of life of all persons who have or are at risk for diabetes
Indicator 1 Reduce deaths due to diabetes diabetes as any cause of death, per 100,000 population Alaska Native 2 Reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease in persons with diabetes as a cause of death per 100,000 population Alaska Native 3 4 Increase the proportion of people with diabetes who receive formal diabetes education Prevent diabetes new cases/1,000 persons/year Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes whose condition has been diagnosed adults aged 20 years and older with diabetes Reduce the rate of lower extremity amputations in persons with diabetes per 1,000 persons with diabetes Increase the proportion of adults aged 18 or older with diabetes who have at least an annual foot examination Maintain the proportion of adults aged 18 or older with diabetes who have a glycosylated hemoglobin measurement at least
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more helpful diabetes education. Each of the articles in this section were Association of Diabetes Educators, a founding member of the Advanced Studies …

Diabetes Matters
Volume I of IV Winter 2000

Welcome to Diabetes Matters, a four-part diabetes education series brought to you by the PERS Health Insurance Program Watch for invaluable information in this and the next three issues of HealthWise Also, look on your Diabetes Resources page each issue for new resources within your community, on the internet and from your health plan to receive even more helpful diabetes education Each of the articles in this section were provided by Betty Brackenridge, MS, RD, CDE Ms Brackenridge is a former President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, a founding member of the Advanced Studies Institute for Diabetes Education and the recipient of several national awards for her work in diabetes education

Stay safe with the facts
Diabetes is one of the most misunderstood diseases around A lack of accurate knowledge about the disease can keep you from managing it correctly Know the facts Listed below are five very common myths about this disease Myth 1: A person can have a touch of diabetes Having a touch of diabetes is no more possible than having a touch of pregnancy Neither can be borderline High blood sugars are abnormal and damaging
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have pre-diabetes, some of whom in fact already have microvascular changes (such have diabetes-related complications, yet there are no defined goals and …

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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PRE-DIABETES IN THE CONTINUUM OF HYPERGLYCEMIA– WHEN DO THE RISKS OF DIABETES BEGIN? AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY TASK FORCE ON PRE-DIABETES

INTRODUCTION A pandemic of obesity and diabetes is occurring Based on current definitions, diabetes now affects an estimated 241 million people in the United States US, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years Another 57 million people in the US have pre-diabetes, some of whom in fact already have microvascular changes such as blindness, amputations, and kidney failure consistent with diabetes Pre-diabetes currently refers to people who have impaired fasting glucose IFG, fasting glucose 100125 mg/dL, impaired glucose tolerance IGT, 2 hr post glucose load 140-199 mg/dL or both Pre-diabetes raises short-term absolute risk of type 2 diabetes 5- to 6- fold, and in some populations this may be even higher As the prevalence of and progression to diabetes continue to increase, diabetes-related morbidity and mortality have emerged as major public health care issues The associated yearly cost of diabetes in the US
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Diabetes is a major cause of end. stage renal disease, and approximate “Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Other Causes of Kidney Disease” …

Diabetes is a major cause of end. stage renal disease, and approximate “Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Other Causes of Kidney Disease” …

Diabetes
Diabetes is a major cause of end stage renal disease, and approximately 25-40 of end stage renal disease patients have diabetes The most common types of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2 In Type 1 Diabetes, or Insulin-dependent diabetes, the body does not make enough insulin Insulin is a small protein made by the pancreas that helps the body use or store glucose from food Type 1 patients are treated with insulin injections Patients with Type 2 diabetes, or noninsulin dependent diabetes, do make insulin, but the cells in their body are resistant to insulins actions or they do not make enough insulin

Diabetic nephropathy is the term used for kidney disease associated with diabetes Not all diabetic patients will develop diabetic nephropathy Kidney damage is more common in people with Type 1 Diabetes than in Type 2 Diabetes It should be noted however, that kidney damage can be a result of high blood pressure and many patients with Type 2 Diabetes also have high blood pressure Nearly 60 of people with Type 2 Diabetes also have high blood pressure If your blood pressure is too high, the delicate blood vessels in your kidneys can become damaged

Diabetes
In people with nephropathy
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Many studies have shown that diabetes and its complica government’s Healthy People 2010 goals by encouraging people with diabetes to seek …

Many studies have shown that diabetes and its complica government’s Healthy People 2010 goals by encouraging people with diabetes to seek …

REPORT ON DIABETES
S U N Y D OW N STAT E M E D I C A L C E N T E R

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Fellow residents and friends of Brooklyn: A recent survey by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that nearly one in every ten people living in Brooklyn reports having diabetes The number may be even higher–an estimated one third of Brooklyn residents may have diabetes without knowing it Clearly, we are facing a public health problem of epidemic proportions

Nearly one in every ten people living in Brooklyn reports having diabetes

As the data presented in this Report on Diabetes show, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in Brooklyn and across the nation It is also a major contributing factor in hospitalizations and deaths due to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, pneumonia, and influenza Residents of Brooklyns poorer neighborhoods are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes Making matters worse, residents in neighborhoods with the highest rates of diabetes often do not have access to the preventive care and medical treatment needed to avoid major complications from the disease We must do more to address this problem Besides the human toll of
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