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Research highlighting the high cost of diabetes is likely to be helpful in terms of policy debates and decision making in addressing health care and prevention issues associated with diabetes. A 2008 update on the costs of diabetes care revealed that we have spent an estimated $174 billion dollars in 2007 including $116 billion dollars in excess medical expenditures and $58 billion dollars in reduced productivity.

It’s estimated more than 20-million Americans have diabetes. But not everybody complies with the treatment. Now doctors are trying to make it as easy as A-B-C.

Why scoliosis screening for younger children is important.

Nursing: the recession-proof job market lies across an article from CNNMoney.com. A brief bit about the opportunities in nursing and how other career professionals that are experiencing layoffs and troubled times in their present career field are now jumping ship and entering nursing.

The leaves of the Banaba plant have been consumed traditionally in the Phillipines for the treatment of diabetes for years. Scientists, curious about this activity, decided to strike out and find the active components in this plant and to see if it really did have an effect on diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association has revised its medical nutrition therapy guidelines from those published in 2002 and 2004. The entire set of revised guidelines may be found in the January issue of Diabetes Care, 2008.

There were some great posts put up over the past seven days. In fact, I had such a hard time choosing the winner that five posts remained on the Honorable Mention list rather than the typical four. As long as you keep blogging, you have a chance at a free pair of red scrubs.

Of course, submitting a post directly to us will give you a little bit of special attention; as we are only human and love the attention. Not to mention you just may get an increase in traffic by making it on our glorious Honorable Mention list!

According to a recent publication by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2008, omega-3 fatty acids play a compelling role in cardioprotective events. The most compelling evidence comes from 3 large controlled trials of 32,000 participants randomized to receive either omega -3 fatty acid supplements containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) or to act as controls. These studies showed a reduction of cardiovascular events between 19% and 49%.

Perusing the abyssal of medial bogs this morning I came across yet another winning accolade for healthcare that involves a young man [17 year old Nick Colombo] who lives in the Los Angeles area that is fighting a battle with metastatic cancer. His insurance provider Pacific Care had initially denied his claim for advanced radiation treatment it appears due to the cost of the therapy – some $100,000.00. Family and friends were predictably outraged and disappointed.