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Managing Diabetes During Pregnancy
Diabetes—whether existing or gestational—can cause complications during pregnancy. Dr. Zane Brown, director of UW Medicine’s Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, explains how close monitoring, nutrition and family counseling can help prevent...
by Patient Power | 03/09/2012
Diabetes and You
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? Who is at risk? In this program Dr. Mark Molitch will discuss the importance of treating diabetes, what those...
by Patient Power | 04/12/2011
Cancer & Diabetes
Cancer and the treatment of cancer may put you at risk for Diabetes. M. D. Anderson’s Internal Medicine Department has specialists who see only patients with cancer and diabetes, and...
by Patient Power | 08/31/2010
Women's Health: Taking Control
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by Patient Power | 04/15/2010
Taking Care of Diabetes and Avoiding Complications
According to the American Diabetes Association there are 23.6 million people in America with diabetes. That’s 8% of the population and, unfortunately, that number is growing. In this Patient Power...
by Patient Power | 11/02/2009
Diabetes: The Epidemic
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by Patient Power | 11/02/2009
A Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy
Many patients don't realize that complications from diabetes can lead to possible blindness. With nearly 24 million Americans living with diabetes, this is an issue that touches a wide range...
by Patient Power | 05/21/2009
Preparing for Dialysis: A Vascular Surgeon's Advice
Most people with failed kidneys undergo dialysis, an artificial blood-cleaning process. The management of dialysis is a challenge for many patients. There are important questions to ask your doctor to...
by Patient Power | 05/14/2009
Caring for Diabetes: Today & Tomorrow
Diabetes is ever present and most everyone has a family member who is touched by this disease. Recent estimates are that a child born this century has a 1 in...
by Patient Power | 04/28/2009
Surgical Weight Loss Options in 2009
It is well known that obesity is an epidemic in the United States. But did you know that those who are overweight or obese are at risk for many diseases...
by Patient Power | 01/13/2009
Peripheral Artery Disease and Diabetes
Diabetes patients tend to develop vascular disease, especially in the peripheral arteries in the feet and legs. Joining Andrew to discuss the connection between peripheral artery disease (PAD) and diabetes...
by Patient Power | 01/09/2009
Diabetes: The Latest in Medical Management
Diabetes is an epidemic in the United States, greatly due to the rise in childhood obesity. Altogether almost 24 million children and adults in the United States, or eight percent...
by Patient Power | 11/11/2008
Gestational Diabetes: A Closer Look into Pregnancy Complications
Gestational diabetes occurs in about four percent of expecting women, in all about 135,000 cases in the United States each year. This condition can cause harm to both mother and...
by Patient Power | 01/15/2008
Islet Cell Transplantation: Breakthroughs in Treatment for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
It is shocking when you think about the 21 million people in the United States who have diabetes and have anticipated a cure for so long that has yet to...
by Patient Power | 12/05/2007
Managing Diabetes: Exploring Approaches to a Healthy Lifestyle
Type 2 diabetes is the most common diabetes diagnosis. According to the American Diabetes Association there are 20.8 million children and adults with diabetes in the United States, with an...
by Patient Power | 11/08/2007
Managing Juvenile Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes, often referred to as juvenile diabetes, is a disease in which a person’s blood sugar is too high because their body does not produce the hormone insulin,...
by Patient Power | 07/16/2006
Controlling Diabetes: News and Updates
Nearly 21 million Americans suffer from diabetes, a chronic condition caused by the inability of the body to create insulin. In this episode of Patient Power, host Andrew Schorr speaks...
by Patient Power | 04/16/2006
The Latest on Diabetes
Diabetes is an epidemic in the United States, with approximately 18 million people in the country affected. Joining host Andrew Schorr for a discussion about the latest information on diabetes...
by Patient Power | 07/24/2005
The latest on diabetes
by Patient Power | 03/06/2005