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Publication Number: E45-11004
Texas Diabetes, the Newsletter of the Texas Diabetes Program/Council,
is published by staff at the Texas Department of State Health Services
in Austin. Please send news and information to:
Texas Diabetes Newsletter
Texas Diabetes Program/Council
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, Texas 78756-3199
Phone: (512) 458-7490
Fax: (512) 458-7408
Texas Diabetes was developed to provide information about the programs and
activities of the Texas Diabetes Program/Council at Texas Department of
Health. Topics are selected to inform and instruct health professionals
treating patients with diabetes and others working to prevent diabetes in
Texas.
Newsletters for Winter 2003 and earlier have the "Cornerstone"
masthead, the former name of the Texas Diabetes Program/Council newsletter.
Issues listed below are PDF files. Click here
for viewing information.
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Fall
2007 (880 kb) |
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Contents: Diabetes Fact Sheet update. . .Gonzalez Appointed TDC
Chair. . .Community Diabetes Projects Announced. . .Consequences of
Pre-Diabetes . . .Delivery System Redesign . . .New Eye Disease Brochures
Available. . . 4th Edition of the Diabetes Tool Kit . . .World Diabetes
Day. . .DiabetesAtWork |
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Summer
2007 (372 kb) |
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Contents: Update on the 80th Legislature . . .Outgoing
TDC Members Acknowledged . . .2005 Community Diabetes Survey. . .US-Mexico
Border Diabetes Forum. . .2006 Survey of Texas Insurance Plans. .
.Improving Food Choices Under the Federal Food Stamp Program. . .Avoiding
HBV Infection |
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Winter
/ Spring 2007 (990 kb) |
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Contents: State Plan for 2008-09. . . .Diabetes-related
Bills for the 80th Texas Legislature. . . Partnership for a Healthy
Texas. . .Challenge to Improve Flu Vaccination. . . .Resource Guide
for Assessing Physical Activity and Adiposity in Children. . .Diabetes
Fact Sheet. . . Amarillo CME Program . . .Chronic Kidney Disease on
the Rise. . .Intensive Care Insulin Orders |
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Fall
2006 (2 mb) |
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Contents: "Be S.A.F.E. from Diabetes"
in South Texas. . . .TDC Medical Professionals Advisory Committee
Announces New Members . . . Gateway Community Health Center Expands
. . .Time Analysis of Average Clinic Visit for Patients with Diabetes
. . .New Version of Texas Diabetes Tool Kit Available. . .SEARCH
for Diabetes in Youth Study . . .Diabetes and Disasters . . .Texas
Diabetes Summit Held in San Antonio . . .Governor Appoints New Council
Members |
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Summer
2006 (1.2 mb) |
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Contents: Decreasing the Increase in End-Stage
Renal Disease . . .Culturally Competent Care . . . Nerve Decompression
and Diabetic Neuropathy . . .Hospital Costs for Diabetes . . .Border
Counties Lead State in Amputations . . .Healthy People 2010 Targets
for Diabetes Preventive Services . . .Plan for the Prevention of Obesity |
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Spring
2006 (1.6 mb) |
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Contents: Six Texas HMOs exceed
average scores for comprehensive diabetes care . . .TDC patient education
materials refreshed for spring . . .Lufkin Diabetes Summit . . .Texas
Diabetes Program releases diabetes fact sheet . . .North Texas school
bus driver saves life of student with diabetes . . .GovDelivery .
. .Video helps police identify diabetes emergencies . . .Tips for
storing insulin. . .New Beginnings . . .Make the Kidney Connection |
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Winter
2006 (1.2 mb) |
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Contents: Texas observes Diabetes
Month. . .CDC Releases 2005 Fact Sheet. . . Council to recognize HMO
performance. . .Screening for type 2 in kids. . .Prairie View A&M
Cooperative Extension expands diabetes outreach. . .AACE Striving
for Better Control of A1c. . .Screening for overweight children .
. .National Hispanic/Latino Diabetes Forum. . . Older adults given
Power to Control Diabetes |
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Summer
2005 (501 kb) |
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Contents: Diabetes and the 79th
Texas Legislature . . .PBS series looks at better patient care. .
. How societal trends affect childhood. . .What Medicare Modernization
means for diabetes . . .Travel tips for people who have diabetes |
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Spring
2005 (1.4 mb) |
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Contents: TDC partners with
Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal . . .79th Texas Legislature
considers diabetes bills . . . Equipment, supplies, medication, and
self-management training: What's covered?. . .Customized professional
education |
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Winter
2005 (1.6 mb) |
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Contents: Diabetes on the US-Mexico
border. . .79th Legislature . . .Disease management for Medicaid patients.
. .HHS takes action on diabetes. . .A closer look at childhood obesity.
. .Diabetes and distress |
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Fall
2004 (976 kb) |
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Contents:
New funds support child health . . .Adiposity or inactivity-Which
predicts diabetes?. . .NDEP targets the diabetes team. . .Survey shows
need for culture-based prevention |
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Summer
2004 (633 kb) |
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Contents: High cost of obesity
. . .insulin resistance in pediatric patients . . . Texas diabetes
facts . . . diabetic retinopathy . . . blood pressure climbing in
youth |
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Spring
2004 (751 kb) |
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Contents: Texas Round-Up . .
.new diabetes video . . . lifetime risk for diabetes . . .Medicare,
Medicaid revises definition of diabetes. . .OPRA. . . school health
programs |
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Winter
2004 (647 kb) |
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Contents: TDC approves aggressive
A1C target. . .Valley collaborative. . . nurse-directed care improves
outcomes. . .solitary pancreas implant. . .lose weight and keep it
off . . .school health guide . . . reports on preventable hospitalizations |
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Summer
2003 (423 kb) |
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Contents: New algorithms . . .Pediatric diabetes
research . . . Epi update . . .Learn about disease management . .
.How to manage diabetes in the workplace |
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Winter
2003 (162 kb) |
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Contents: Strategic plan. . .Diabetes CME. . Legislative
agenda. . .Building the team for diabetes care. . .Governor launches
diabetes education initiative. . .Commission for the Blind offers
treatment program. . .Vibrio vulnificus. |
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Summer
2002 (101 kb) |
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Contents: Physical activity and schools. .
.Diabetes CME. . .Readership survey . . .Diabetes Prevention and Control
Initiative outreach . . .Public awareness for women . . .Treatment
of high blood pressure . . .New diabetes algorithms . . .Kidney Health
statistics . . .Medicare expands coverage of foot care and eye exams
. . .Pre-diabetes. . ."Hot Topics in Diabetes Care" CME. |
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Summer
2001 (200 kb) |
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Contents: The 77th Texas Legislature looks
at diabetes. . .US-Mexico Border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project.
. .National Cholesterol Education Program. . . Pediatric Diabetes
Symposium . . .New videotape of diabetes experts |
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Winter
2001 (101 kb) |
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Contents: The Texas Diabetes Council outlines
it's state plan for 2002/2003 . . .Type 2 Diabetes in Children and
Adolescents . . .Texas Diabetes Fact Sheet 2001 . . . Afternoon blood
tests may miss diabetes . . .Managed Care Work Group reorganizes .
. .Diabetes Pilot Program to accept Bexar County enrollees through
June 2001 |
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Last Updated October 31, 2007
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