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All posts tagged Diabetes
01
FebUsing diabetes tools to help your patients manage their diet
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Patient education is a key component of pharmacy practice. Pharmacists are not only expected to provide information on medications, but increasingly asked more detailed information on the disease and its overall management.
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01
FebType 2 diabetes? What meal replacement products are useful?
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The 2013 Canadian Diabetes Association’s Clinical Practice Guidelines included the use of meal replacement products for the first time. Now they are seen as a possible useful weight management tool.
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11
JanPregnancy and diabetes. Help your patients manage changes.
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It’s not the ‘chicken or the egg’ dilemma but two very different situations. Gestational diabetes, which occurs in 3-20 per cent of pregnant women, is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Read more
04
JanPharmacist John Girgis – smoking cessation and other patient services
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John Girgis enjoys clinical care and appreciates technology. Both interests have led him to new opportunities in the four pharmacies he owns in the Greater Toronto Area, one in a retirement home and three in medical clinics (including Apple Hills Medical Centre in Mississauga). The four locations are served by a total of 20 employees.
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23
NovProblems that are more than skin deep for patients with diabetes
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The skin offers a window to what is happening inside the body, so changes to the skin may signal a more serious health problem, often serving as a marker for underlying internal disease. Read more
26
OctPeriodontal disease in patients with diabetes
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Some people call periodontal disease the sixth complication of diabetes after retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, cardiovascular disease and poor wound healing. Read more
11
OctFor patients with diabetes, colds and flu present challenges
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Cold and flu season presents unique challenges to your patients living with diabetes. You’ll need to make specific recommendations to help them prevent and manage their symptoms, and at the same time, you’ll need to make them aware of diabetes management issues for sick days.
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05
OctHelping your patients with diabetes and skin disorders
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The skin offers a window to what is happening inside the body, so changes to the skin may signal a more serious health problem, often serving as a marker for underlying internal disease. Read more
07
SepBack to school strategies for managing Type 1 diabetes
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Many pharmacists need to interact with parents of children living with type 1 diabetes who require support at school. Read more
31
AugWhat are the signs of prediabetes and how can you help your patients?
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Approximately 25% of Canadian adults have prediabetes (meaning almost one in four adults who come in to your pharmacy!), and approximately half of these individuals will develop diabetes. Read more
