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Nursing Management
January 2012
Lawrence et al. |
Type 2 Diabetes: Growing to Epic Proportions Affecting all age groups and all aspects of a person's life, diabetes is a major public health issue worldwide, requiring lifelong behavioral and lifestyle changes and support.   |
Nurse Practitioner
October 2010
Hill & Appel |
Diagnosing Diabetes with A1C: Implications and Considerations for Measurement and Surrogate Markers Now that the ADA has officially positioned the assay as a means of diagnosis and monitoring, it is another tool NPs must access properly when helping patients manage diabetes and treatment. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2001
Beatriz Luna & Mark N. Feinglos |
Oral Agents in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Currently, there are five distinct classes of hypoglycemic agents available, each class displaying unique pharmacologic properties... |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2003
Gavin et al. |
Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes By increasing patient awareness of the link between diabetes and heart disease, family physicians can encourage patients to take medications (including aspirin), stop smoking, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol and blood glucose levels. |
Managed Care
May 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic The problem is outpacing insurers' resources and perhaps even their commitment. Can the chronic care model help? |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2002
Konzem et al. |
Controlling Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are common diseases in the United States. Patients with diabetes have a much higher rate of hypertension than would be expected in the general population. Regardless of the antihypertensive agent used, a reduction in blood pressure helps to prevent diabetic complications. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2000
Matthew Neff |
Conference Highlights Lifestyle Modifications Can Prevent Onset of Type 2 Diabetes... Efficacy of Metformin Is Similar in Children and Adults... Glycemic Control Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes... Test Strip Proves Effective, Less Painful Alternative to Fingerstick... |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
Alan J. Garber |
Attenuating Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes All cardiovascular risk factors except smoking are more prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes. In addition to exercise, weight control, aspirin therapy and blood pressure control, therapy to modify lipid profiles is usually necessary... |
Managed Care
May 2007
Rachel M. Renshaw |
Keys to Diabetes Control? Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance Careful attention to a comprehensive treatment plan could forestall or prevent the need to add drugs and costs to a patient's regimen. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2011
Stacey A. Seggelke |
Hitting the target for inpatient glycemic management An understanding of glycemic treatment options for hospitalized patients is essential for good patient outcomes. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2005
Coleman & Newton |
Supporting Self-Management in Patients with Chronic Illness Family physicians can support patient self-management by structuring patient-physician interactions to identify problems from the patient perspective, making office environment changes that remove self-management barriers, and providing education individually and through available community self-management resources. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2006
Havas & Donner |
Tight Control of Type 1 Diabetes: Recommendations for Patients Physicians play an important role in helping type 1 diabetes patients make essential lifestyle changes to help reduce the risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2003
Turok et al. |
Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Although the disorder affects approximately 2.5 percent of pregnant women and has been the subject of extensive research, its diagnosis and management continue to be debated. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
Vincent Morelli & Roger J. Zoorob |
Alternative Therapies: Part I. Depression, Diabetes, Obesity Natural supplements are widely used in the United States and, while claims of their therapeutic effects abound, medical research does not always support their effectiveness... |
AskMen.com
April 29, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Do You Have Diabetes? Diabetes is not contagious; people cannot "catch" it from one another. However, certain factors can increase one's risk of developing the disease... |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2004
Rao, Disraeli & Mcgregor |
Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Impaired Fasting Glucose Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose form an intermediate stage in the natural history of diabetes mellitus. |
American Journal of Nursing
September 2011
Adams & Tolich |
Original Research: Blood Transfusion: The Patient's Experience This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Brand of the Year: Januvia When Merck's Januvia received its first regulatory approval, in Mexico in 2006, no one predicted its long-term success. In 2012, the company's diabetes franchise became the highest-selling product family in Merck's 122-year history. |
Nurse Practitioner
March 2012
Baumann & Dang |
Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions Overcome Barriers to Self-Care Here are approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduce or eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions. |
Nursing
May 2010
Debra Castner |
Understanding the stages of chronic kidney disease This article will help you to recognize CKD and understand its stages so you can help your patient to modify risk factors, prevent further kidney damage, and manage complications. First, consider the scope of the problem. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004
Koenigsberg et al. |
Facilitating Treatment Adherence with Lifestyle Changes in Diabetes Healthy eating and increased physical activity can prevent or delay diabetes and its complications. Techniques that facilitate adherence to these lifestyle changes can be adapted to primary care. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2005
Micah L. Thorp |
Diabetic Nephropathy: Common Questions Diabetic nephropathy, or diabetic kidney disease, affects 20% - 30% of patients with diabetes. This article addresses some of the common questions raised by physicians managing patients with this disease. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000 |
Diabetes: How Do I Know if I Have it? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your body doesn't make enough of a hormone called insulin, or if your body doesn't use insulin the right way. If left untreated, it may result in blindness, heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and amputations... |
Nursing
September 2010
Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000 |
Clinical Briefs Reducing Falls Among Older Women... Physical Activity and Fitness in Schools... Exercise in the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus... Blueprint for Development of Tuberculosis Vaccine... Answers to This Issues' Clinical Quiz... |
Managed Care
February 2004 |
Improving Oral Pharmacologic Treatment And Management of Type 2 Diabetes New oral treatment options and outcome measures may help patients with type 2 diabetes to achieve better results while reducing associated costs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2005 |
Changing Diabetes An interview with Novo Nordisk's president of U.S. operations Martin Soeters on how a nation that leads the world in diabetes research does such a poor job of treating it. Here, he offers some solutions. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2014
Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
Nursing
November 2009
Christine Kessler |
Glycemic control in the hospital: How tight should it be? Based on recent studies, the answer to that question remains controversial. This article will explore this issue and present current best practices for caring for a patient in the hospital who has diabetes or hyperglycemia. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2008
Gayle Lorenzi et al. |
Spanning the Treatment Gap How a diabetes field team helped docs overcome the treatment gap. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2011
Jennifer Ringler |
The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout? |
Nursing
October 2011
Elizabeth Heavey |
Obesity in pregnancy: Deliver sensitive care This article addresses the health risks of obesity to mother and baby during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and discusses what you can do to mitigate those risks. |
Nurse Practitioner
November 2011
Tracy Brazziel et al. |
Stopping the Wave of PAD Early detection and diagnosis of atherosclerotic disease is imperative. Here, learn the risk factors, screening and diagnosis for this disease. |
Nurse Practitioner
December 2011 |
Managing pain in obese patients Obesity-related pain conditions can limit the patient's efforts at increasing activity and limit quality of life. This article will offer information on these conditions and treatment options. |
Managed Care
October 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs The idea is radical and simple: Those who need medication the most should pay the least. There is evidence that this is cost-effective. |
Managed Care
May 2006
Fadia T. Shaya & Deshpande |
New Treatment Approaches To Diabetes The goal of diabetes management is maintaining glycemic control while targeting quality of life improvements. |
Nurse Practitioner
February 2012
Jennifer M. Belavic |
Annual drug update 2011 in review Many new medications were approved throughout 2011. This article will cover a variety of drugs that will be useful in nurse practitioner practice |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2011
Christine L. Cutugno |
The 'Graying' of Trauma Care: Addressing Traumatic Injury in Older Adults Evidence-based strategies for managing trauma and its complications in this population. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009
Arlene Weintraub |
Tough Love, Lower Health Costs A UnitedHealthcare plan offers incentives to employees who strictly control their diabetes. |
Nursing Management
March 2012
Yvonne D'Arcy |
Pain and obesity It can be a challenge to provide effective pain management for obese patients; however, a multimodal pain management regimen that combines medications and complementary techniques can help increase pain relief. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2010
Luke Timmerman |
Orexigen Drug Shows Potential as "Two-Fer" Against Obesity and Diabetes Orexigen's latest drug aims at treating both diabetes and obesity. |
Nursing
March 2009
Kate J. Morse |
Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Michael S. Victoroff |
Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions Now Harder Thanks to Range of Treatment The duty of informed consent necessitates that physicians discuss with their patients the realistic expectations and risks associated with treatment. When no protocol shows a distinct advantage, there is no duty to inform, which creates an ethical problem for physicians... |
AskMen.com
Alex Santoso |
What You Should Know About Diabetes Not many men understand what diabetes is, why it's very bad for them (it is one of the leading causes of impotence), what they can do to avoid getting it or how to treat it. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2014
William Looney |
Dane in America Jesper Hoiland, Novo Nordisk's President for North America, assesses the challenges and opportunities during his first year at the helm of the diabetes franchise leader's biggest affiliate market. |
Nursing Management
August 2008
Jill R. Quinn |
Women and Heart Disease: An Update A look at statistics regarding coronary heart disease in women as well as related risk factors and prevention. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000
Monica Preboth |
Clinical Briefs Sports Specialization in Young Athletes... ADA Statement on Nutrition in Diabetes... Diagnostic Imaging to Detect Child Abuse... NIH/NIA Report on Alzheimer's Disease... CDC Report on U.S. Incidence of Measles in 1999... Managing Pain and Stress in the Neonate... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2012
Sue Barrowcliffe |
Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2013 |
Roundtable on Market Access Market Access is a window on what matters in the real world of soaring patient expectations and crimped payer budgets for innovation. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2001
Anne D. Walling |
Family Practice International Diabetes in Patients from the Indian Subcontinent... Diabetic Dermopathy... Managing Minor Wounds in Children... Tibialis Posterior Tendon Insufficiency... |
