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Leveraging Care - An Interview with Mayer Davidson, MD

Michele D. Huie
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 26, 2008

“If I take pills, I’m sick. If I don’t, I’m not.” This is the mindset that Dr. Mayer Davidson and his team are succeeding in changing in patients at the Martin Luther King outpatient center in Los Angeles. The following story comes from an interview with TCOYD medical advisory board member Mayer B. Davidson, MD.

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Adam Levbarg
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 26, 2008

As diabetics we really should consider ourselves lucky that our disease does not explicitly limit our ability to explore and engage with the world and its people. Let us also not forget that if we maintain good glycemic control, even in our elder days, we can find many years of active travel ahead.

Nail Care 101

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Ingrid Kruse, DPM
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 26, 2008

Atask as mundane as cutting your toenails can pose a problem for some people, whether or not they have diabetes. If you have visual impairment (from retinopathy or another cause); or disabling arthritis in your hips or knees preventing you from reaching your toes; or poor circulation; or simply a midsection large enough to interfere with your ability to reach your toes, cutting your nails can be a challenge! Also, if you have some nerve damage from diabetes (peripheral neuropathy), and your feet are numb as a result of that, then it is really not a good idea to cut your own nails due to the chance of unknowingly injuring yourself. In all these above scenarios, it is much safer to seek professional help.

The Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics

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Steven V. Edelman, MD
San Diego Union Tribune, June 8, 2008

Diabetes affects tens of millions of people in the United States and costs about $174 billion each year in medical expenditures -- more that any other health condition. Even worse, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. There is now way to measure the enormous amount of suffering that goes along with this condition.

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TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 25, 2008

Professional education for medical providers (including doctors, nurses, CDE's, physician assistants, pharmacists, etc.) has been around for ages and has not changed much over the years. In a nutshell, experts in the field of diabetes give formal lectures at medical meetings on the latest results of important clinical trials on a new drug or device. The overall purpose is to educate the care- Product Theater - Incretin givers who are in the trenches taking care of people with diabetes.

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