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May 09, 2008
"National Diabetes Goal" Set
On Wednesday, a group of diabetes advocacy and business organizations, under the umbrella of Novo Nordisk's National Changing Diabetes Program (NCDP), announced an ambitious goal: By 2015, they want 45% of Americans who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes to know their blood glucose level and what actions they can take to lower their risk of developing diabetes.
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May 08, 2008
"It Turned Everything Upside Down"
For those of you who’ve followed my blog throughout the past eight months, if you've read with any regularity you have no doubt encountered my discussions about the Family Centered Experience (FCE) program at the University of Michigan Medical School. My most recent FCE blog entries are April 3 ("A Year of Helping Medical Students") and April 10 ("Breaking Bad News"), but I also wrote about this great program back in December ("Before They Are Doctors").
So, do you want more? I hope so, because you're going to get more.
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Apr 29, 2008
What Does That Have To Do With Diabetes?
Last weekend, my grandson, David, and I loaded our bags into the van, drove to Indianapolis to pick up my friend Sandy, and the three of us headed for Louisville, Kentucky. We did a lot of relaxing, some exploring, and ended the visit with a Sunday matinee performance of "Avenue Q" by the Broadway musical's touring company.
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Apr 10, 2008
Breaking Bad News
I admit that when I started to write my previous blog entry, "A Year of Helping Medical Students," my intention had been to focus on the topic of breaking bad news. But I balked and ran off in a different direction, basically extending last week's opening paragraph and turning it into an entire entry. The truth: I’m not sure how to write about this topic. But I’m going to try. So join me as I fumble about…
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Mar 27, 2008
P2P Diabetes
A little over a week ago, I received an e-mail from my endocrinologist. It was a short missive in which he told me that he'd recently seen, as a patient, a man in his 30's who’d just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. What my endocrinologist wanted to know—and what he assured me was completely my decision (and he emphasized that there was no pressure to do so)—was if I wanted to talk to this gentleman about Type 1, since just one year earlier I, too, had been diagnosed.
It took me no time at all to reply that Yes, indeed, I would be happy to help this guy out.
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