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Cultural Considerations for a Home-Bound African American Patient

American vernacular, the diet is one that has characterized the South and its inhabitants for generations. With a few extraordina...

Diabetes Mellitus: Causes, Effects and Treatment

impacts and treatments. Diabetes is caused by imbalances in glucose levels. Rapid fluctuations of glucose levels can resul...

Two Articles' Main Points: "Driven To Extremes" And Seasonality And Children's Blood Lead Levels"

link, with added impacts on urban childrens health (Laidlaw et al, 2005, p. 793). II. DRIVEN TO EXTREMES Human activity is...

Nutrition And Diabetes

coupled complex carbohydrates from grains, fruits and vegetables comprise the optimum diet for a diabetic. Choosing the appropria...

Obesity and Health

on around the stomach) (Nazario, 2009). Obesity is linked to heart disease and stroke because it often causes high blood pressure...

Diabetes and the Americans with Disabilities Act

take applicants with chronic diseases because health maintenance would be too taxing in the throes of war. Similarly, one does not...

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus

due to the fact that these medications lack the flexibility to provide fast hyperglycemic control (Seelandt, 2007). A diagnosis ...

Diabetes Type 2

two primary types of diabetes include Type 1 and Type 2, which are associated juvenile and adult diabetes, respectively. Diabetes...

Cause And Prevention Of Heart Attacks

can create the unhealthy form of cholesterol without eating the bad foods associated with it, inasmuch as some systems automatical...

Epidemiology of Childhood Diabetes

their capacity to teach their children the critical need for wholesome and nutrient-rich foods as well as regular physical activit...

The Need for Cultural Competency Care

African-American culture tends to eat more fat than is recommended. Socioeconomic status as well as education play a role in meal ...

The Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...

Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study

plan and inhalers for asthma management. Other than asthma, though, JR did not report any other major past medical problems....

Role of Public Health Nurse/Diabetes Care

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

Lexington Diabetes Center Marketing Plan

that individuals learn why they need to control their blood sugar and that exercise multiplies the effectiveness of dietary contro...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

African Americans in Rural Georgia, Diabetes, and Community Healthcare Planning

can develop serious complications including limb amputations, blindness, kidney failure, cardiac disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and...

Why Pharmaceutical Companies Focus On A Disease

potential to make it through to the next step, the Phase 1 human testing trials (Masia, 2008). This is a very healthy small group...

The Effect of Juvenile Diabetes on a Child’s Life

need it, and monitor their blood; both of these could interfere with daily routine and make the child feel hes being singled out (...

Disease Management Programs/Diabetes & Effectiveness

levels (Rickheim et al 269). Fireman, Barlett and Selby (2004) Over the past decade disease management programs (DMPs) have prol...

Diabetic Education/New Nurses

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

Diabetes/Reducing the Risk

increasing exercise. A decrease of just 7 to 10 percent from the baseline weight can have a beneficial effect on glucose tolerance...

Diabetic Education for Continuing Education for Nurses

methods with measurable outcomes, creating a link between existing research and nursing process, define the role of nurse educator...

Evidence-Based Practice & Pediatric Diabetes

Evidence Based Practice is covered and it's important role that it plays along with how it can it be applied to diabetes in Pediat...

Diabetes in Adolescence

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

Diabetes Mellitis and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans

social factors that influence access to care and the application of preventative strategies in African American populations. Th...

Gestational Diabetes

(Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). Research has shown that the "magnitude of fetal-neonatal risk" is directly proportional to the ...

Strict Glycemic Control and the Prevention of Deep Wound Infections in Open Heart Surgery Patients: Proposed Research

in their glycemic index, present many concerns in the post operative environment. This is particularly true for patients that are...

Learning Diabetes Self-care

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...