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1. Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., insulin)
2. Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., medications)
3. Women and Diabetes:
Eating and weight, pregnancy, and heart disease
4. Men and Diabetes:
Sexual Issues and employment concerns
5. Diabetes and Your Lifestyle:
Exercise, traveling, employment, sexual issues, and special
considerations for the elderly
6. Pass This Test:
Testing blood glucose levels
7. Get off the Blood Glucose Rollercoaster:
High/low blood sugar symptoms and treatment
A. TOOL: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Oral Meds):
Patient log to record levels
B. TOOL: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Insulin Meds):
Patient log to monitor levels
8. Foot Care for People with Diabetes:
Hygiene, inspection, and when to call your physician
C. TOOL: Foot Care Log
Patient log to record self-inspections and any problem areas
D. TOOL: Injection Sites
Patient log to help rotate injection sites
E. TOOL: Planning Your Exercise:
Guide to help patients design an exercise program
F. TOOL: Physical Activity Log:
Patient log to record physical activity
9. Exercise in Disguise
Finding ways to exercise at home and outside of the gym
10. Exercising Like Your Life Depends on It:
Health benefits to exercising
11. Hot Weather Exercise:
Taking extra care when exercising in hot weather
12. Managing Type 2 Diabetes through Diet:
Suggestions for balancing your diet
13. Losing Weight When You Have Diabetes:
Weight loss benefits, suggestions to start, and a brief discussion of weight loss drugs
14. The Skinny on Visceral Fat:
Dangers of visceral fat and exercise tips to reduce visceral fat
G. TOOL: Shopping Guide and Nutrition Tips:
Shopping list and money-saving tips
H. TOOL: Meal Planning Guides
Plate diagrams demonstrating appropriate portions
I. TOOL: Food Log:
Patient log to record food and drink
15. No More Carb Confusion:
Understanding carbs and their effect on blood sugar
16. Mixing Alcohol with Diabetes:
What drinking does to your body, and when it is ok
17. Stop Smoking
What smoking does to your body, and tips on quitting
J. TOOL: Sick Day Guidelines
Tips, suggested foods, and patient log to record intake
18. Diabetes and Stress:
Immediate and long-term affects, and tips to manage stress
19. Infections and Diabetes:
Explains increased chance for infections
20. Make the DASH to Lower Your Blood Pressure:
Nutrition tips to lower hypertension
21. Diabetes and Your Heart:
"ABC" numbers and their link to heart disease
22. Heart Smart Medications:
Types of medications to prevent heart problems
23. Young at Heart:
Suggestions to reverse heart disease and tips for heart health
24. Microvascular Disease Due to Diabetes:
Discusses increased risk for eye and kidney problems
25. Macrovascular Disease Due to Diabetes:
Discusses increased risk for heart attack and stroke
26. Preserving Kidney Function:
Preserving Kidney function, especially when damage has already occurred
27. Keeping Kidneys Healthy:
Tips for kidney health and some "kidney-protective" meds
28. Nine Ways to Avoid Diabetes Complications:
Overview of tips to manage diabetes (healthy eating, activity, checking feet, etc.)
29. Wake-up Call:
Symptoms of sleep apnea, and the effects of lost sleep
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