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- Foot Care for Diabetics
Richard K. Bernstein, MD, discusses 19 proven ways to take care of your feet and avoid diabetes-related complications
- Broncos QB Steps into the Pocket with Type 1
Scott Brown writes about Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler's life since his recent type 1 diagnosis
- Diabetes and Eating Disorder Come Together as Diabulimia
Justine Lorelle Blanchard looks at a chilling development among type 1 teens: skipping insulin shots and purging food as a way to achieve rapid weight loss
- Teens on Insulin Pumps: Are They Safe?
Beth Morrow follows up on an article we published in May about teens' problems — occasionally fatal — with insulin pumps
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Hospital Care and Diabetes
Updated 6 weeks ago
Annual List of America's Best Hospitals Released
“Let’s take care of the patient.” That must be the credo of hospitals that make U.S. News & World Report's “Best Hospitals” rankings, in which hospitals are judged not in routine procedures but in difficult cases across an entire specialty. In the nineteenth year of this annual review, hospitals are ranked in 16 specialties, from cancer and heart disease to respiratory disorders and urology. Out of the 5,453 hospitals put through a rigorous statistical mill, only 170 scored high enough to appear in any of the specialty rankings.
2 comments - Jul 17, 2008 -
Diabetes Education Means Fewer Hospital Trips
Diabetes classes or visits to a nutritionist by patients with diabetes are associated with lower hospitalization rates and reductions in medical costs, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.
0 comments - May 30, 2008 -
Type 1s Live Insulin-Free For Up to Two Years, Thanks to Transplanted Human Islet Cells... But There's a Catch
HealthDay reports that according to a University of Miami study, people with type 1 diabetes who received transplanted islet cells from human donors lived insulin-free for up to two years.
0 comments - May 30, 2008 -
Take this test on insulin and see if you can get a higher score than hospital doctors and nurses.
18 comments - Mar 26, 2008 -
For people with diabetes, healthcare is just plain more involved. Hospitalizations require extra work because you must control your diabetes during your stay, and insurance can be problematic because insurers are often unwilling to pay for what you need.
0 comments - Mar 9, 2008 -
Taking the Angst Out of Kids' Emergency Room Visits; A Little Advance Planning
As the parents of a very active and accident-prone 13-year-old son, my husband and I have had our share of emergency room visits.
1 comment - Jan 5, 2008 -
Our Healthcare System: Too Broke to Fix?
According to a May 2007 CNN opinion poll, 64 percent of us think that our government should provide a national health insurance program for all Americans, even if it would require higher taxes. So what's in the works?
15 comments - Nov 21, 2007 -
If You're Hospitalized for Trauma and You Have Diabetes - Watch Out!
Studies have already shown that people with diabetes do worse than non-diabetics after being hospitalized for stroke, heart attack, and heart surgery. Now researchers have found that they do worse after being hospitalized for trauma (a physical injury) as well.
2 comments - Aug 9, 2007 -
Are You and Your Diabetes Ready for a Hospital Stay?
You have made a point of checking your blood glucose and getting your annual eye and foot checkups. You track your blood cholesterol and blood pressure. But now the pain in your hip is unbearable and interfering with your walking program, so your doctor suggests hip surgery. You will be admitted to the hospital for hip surgery, not diabetes.
0 comments - Jul 9, 2007 -
Help! My Diabetic Mom is in a Nursing Home
Q: My mother, who is a "brittle diabetic," has been sent to a skilled nursing facility for two weeks of rehabilitation following a seven-week hospital stay. I am amazed and frightened at the lack of concern for and attention to her diabetes care at the nursing home.
1 comment - Jul 3, 2007 -