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All posts tagged Shelley Diamond
11
SepTake special care with kids returning to school and 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
20
MarHow do you help patients with Type 2 diabetes not on insulin?
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Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been challenged in terms of its cost effectiveness for people with type 2 diabetes who do not use insulin. Read more
14
FebIs your pharmacy parent-friendly? What does it take?
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Who is your audience as a pharmacist? New mothers in their 40s. Extended families. You may even be prescribing vet meds for your patients' animals. How do you create a parent-friendly pharmacy for all types of parents and families? Read more
30
AugWhat about cinnamon, chromium and ginseng for patients with Type 2 diabetes?
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Many people with diabetes choose to use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). Read more
26
AprDiabetes and dyslipidemia – What role do pharmacists play?
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Evidence supports the need to aggressively treat dyslipidemia in patients with diabetes, in order to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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26
AprAre non-insulin meds useful for Type 1 diabetes?
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People with type 1 diabetes are not able to produce insulin and therefore treatment has primarily focused on replacing insulin via injectable therapy.
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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
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
13
JulDiabetic nephropathy – how you can help your patients
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The kidneys have millions of blood vessels, and since diabetes is really a ‘disease of the blood vessels’, this means the kidneys are very susceptible to harm. Read more
