Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Diabetes UK's Healthcare Delivery Working Group is looking for a practice nurse who is also a Diabetes UK professional member to join the group. The Healthcare Delivery Working Group was set up to encourage high-quality, culturally sensitive, patient-focused care for people with diabetes, as well as focusing on psychological care, education, and quality implementation of practice.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Blood glucose meters that use GDH-PQQ (glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinone) test strips can produce false results that lead to excessive use of insulin in patients receiving treatments containing certain non-glucose sugars, said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Friday.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical outcomes, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) .
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic childhood disease. The management of this serious medical condition includes regular fingerstick glucose measurements, multiple daily injections of insulin, and frequent insulin dose adjustments. Because children spend a great deal of their time in school, school nurses often supervise medical decisions and diabetes care. Some researchers believe that the use of telecommunication technology may make diabetes care easier for some children.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
The California School Nurses Organization (CSNO) today issued the following statement regarding the California Superior Court ruling on licensed nurses administering insulin injections to students. "The California School Nurses Organization applauds Judge Lloyd G.
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