During almost all of the month of March I was on the road. I visited friends, relatives, and colleagues in California and New Mexico and national parks in Utah and Arizona.By taking a laptop computer with me I was able to continue writing my articles and staying in touch by email. While I wrote fewer articles than usual, I wrote a lot more photo essays for my "Fitness and Photography for Fun" blog. I added 22 photo essays -- one for almost every one of the 27 days I was on the road -- telling about my adventures in more than a dozen national parks as well as whale watching off the coast of Northern California and a helicopter expedition over the Grand Canyon and other beautiful experiences of nature.
Coyote
Near Badwater in Death Valley on March 1
So far I have written 366 articles for the Health Central Network about all aspects of diabetes. In March this great website published seven more of my new diabetes articles:
Dr. Bernstein's Webcast
If you have any interest in controlling your diabetes by low-carb eating, one of the best resources is Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's monthly webcast. It's an hour of excellent diabetes education.
Dr. Bernstein's next live Tele-Seminar is Tuesday, April 28, at 8:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM CST, 6:00 PM MST, and 5:00 PM PST. He designed it to answer your most important questions concerning diabetes and to offer his thoughts on the latest developments in this area. The seminar is free. You can click here to register: http://www.diabetes911.net/askdrb/index.php. It's also available as a live webcast both on the Internet and by phone.
At the beginning of the call Dr. Bernstein will provide new information that is not in his books. For the April 28 call he will discuss relative mortality with different oral hypoglycemic agents and the correlation of A1C with the new standard, average blood glucose.
Web Surveys
Dick Rylander, the CEO of Enject Inc., tells me that his company has started the development of a new delivery system for glucagon for use in the treatment of severe (emergency) hypoglycemia. They have worked with Dr. William Polonsky in San Diego to create a patient and caregiver set of surveys to gather information about their worries and feelings regarding this medical emergency. They also will use the surveys to gather some information about a potential new product to replace the existing hypo-kits marketed.
How does severe (emergency) hypoglycemia impact people’s lives?
Is there a better way to deliver glucagon in emergencies? They have developed two surveys to help answer some of these questions. The first survey is for adults (age 18 and over) using insulin to treat diabetes and the second is for the caregivers and those who help and support patients using insulin to treat diabetes. The answers are totally anonymous. The responses will be used to better understand how you perceive and feel about this medical emergency.
The survey should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Please complete only the survey that fits your situation/role. The surveys will be open until April 15, 2009. To complete a survey:
You need to be connected to the Internet.
Click on the link (below) for the survey you want to complete. Your web browser will open and take you to the survey. Note: If the link does not work, please type or copy and paste the address into your web browser.
If you have any challenges accessing or completing the survey please contact them at: [email protected]
Adult Survey (18 and over): http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/106580/adult-patient-survey
Caregiver Survey: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/106642/caregiver-survey
Web-Based Social Networking
"I am working with a group of colleagues who are looking into establishing web-based social network tools for people with diabetes," writes Russ Potts. "The objective is to promote positive behavioral modification. Social networks have certainly brought about positive behavioral modifications in other endeavors. We believe it can do the same for diabetes healthcare management.
"This new project has been launched to collect information directly from people with diabetes. The feedback on existing and needed tools from the very people who are most affected will guide the development of these tools.
"We have established a website (www.EngagingDiabetes.com), which contains an online survey. The survey takes 10 minutes to complete, and is completely confidential. People who complete the survey are eligible to win gift cards to Amazon.com."
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