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Diabetic Digest - Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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News, updates and help from and for the diabetic community.
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Readers:
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today. Interesting articles and a delicious recipe await
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Monitoring Glucose Like a Pro.
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Insulin Pen a Cost-saving Alternative to Syringes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients with type 2
diabetes who have reached the point where they need to
start insulin injections, using a pre-loaded insulin pen
could save money overall, according to results of a new
study.
People who use the insulin pen rather than traditional
vials and syringes make fewer visits to the doctor or
hospital, and the reduced use of health care resources
translates directly into cost savings, the study's authors
say.
A pen device is easier to use, provides greater dose
accuracy, and is more satisfactory to patients, compared
with a syringe, Dr. Rajesh Balkrishnan and associates note
in their paper in the journal Clinical Therapeutics.
To compare costs related to initiating use of insulin pens
(NovoPen or FlexPen) or syringes, Balkrishnan, at Ohio
State University in Columbus, and his colleagues studied
information in the North Carolina Medicaid program patient-
claims database on patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled
between 2001 and 2006.
Their comparison included 1162 patients who began insulin
therapy with a syringe, and 168 who began therapy with an
insulin pen. The team found that the total annual health
care costs, excluding prescriptions, averaged roughly
$14,900 per patient in the pen group and $32,000 for the
syringe users.
Even though the initial cost of an insulin pen is greater
than that for syringes, the overall cost benefits of using
pens outweigh those for syringe use, Balkrishnan's team
concludes.
SOURCE: Clinical Therapeutics 2007.
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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Exercise Combo Improves Diabetes Control
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combination of aerobic
exercise and strength training may help control type 2
diabetes better than either form of exercise alone,
researchers reported Monday.
In a study of adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers
found that the exercise combination improved blood-sugar
control to twice the degree that either type of exercise
alone did.
Meanwhile, study participants who remained inactive
showed no change in their average blood sugar levels.
Exercise has long been a cornerstone of managing type 2
diabetes -- a disorder that is closely associated with
obesity. But it has not been clear what types of exercise
are best for reining in high blood sugar levels -- and,
in particular, whether strength conditioning is helpful.
To find out, Dr. Ronald Sigal from the University of
Calgary in Canada and colleagues randomly assigned 251
adults with type 2 diabetes who were not regular exercisers
to one of four groups: one that started an aerobic exercise
regimen; one that took up resistance training to strengthen
their muscles; a third that combined both forms of
exercise; and a "control" group that remained inactive.
All of the exercisers were given a six-month gym member-
ship. The aerobic regimen consisted of walking on a tread-
mill and pedaling on an exercise bike, while people in the
strength-training groups used weight machines. All of the
exercise groups worked out three times a week.
After roughly five months, all three exercise groups showed
an overall improvement in their hemoglobin A1c, a blood
test that measures blood-sugar control. However, the group
that combined aerobic and strength conditioning had the
greatest improvement.
On average, their A1c levels dropped by almost a full
percentage point -- a change that can make a substantial
difference in the risk of diabetes complications like
heart attack and stroke.
If there were a pill that showed such an effect, it would
be readily prescribed, write the authors of an editorial
published with the study in the Archives of Internal
Medicine.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, September 18, 2007.
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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Diabetic Recipe
Peach-Banana Smoothie
(makes 2 servings)
1/2 cup (56 g) peeled, chopped fresh peaches
1 ripe banana, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 cup (120 ml) unsweetened pineapple juice
1/4 cup (35 g) fat-free, no sugar added vanilla ice cream
1. In a food processor or blender, combine all ingredients.
Blend until smooth.
2. Pour into 2 tall glasses and serve.
Per Serving: 128 calories (2% calories from fat),
2 g protein, trace total fat (0.1 g saturated
fat), 32 g carbohydrate, 2 g dietary fiber,
0 cholesterol, 18 mg sodium
Diabetic Exchanges: 2 carbohydrate (2 fruit)
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