The Diabetes Communicator
The Diabetes Communicator is a 16-page newsletter offering information to the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Educator Section (DES) members across Canada (approximately 2,200 diabetes educators).
The purpose of Diabetes Communicator is to inform members of the activities of DES, and to publish relevant, practice-based diabetes education information. Reflective of the DES’ collective identity, The Diabetes Communicator strives to be accountable and accessible to the DES membership.
Notes from the 20th World Diabetes Congress
Almost 13,000 delegates from more than 120 countries converged on Montreal, Quebec, to take part in all the congress had to offer.
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Colleen Rand RD CDE
Letter to the Editor
While the discovery of insulin is indeed significant, its successful application to the human race could not have been accomplished without the clinical trials conducted by clinicians Campbell and Fletcher alongside Banting.
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G. Ann Ward, BScN RN
Heading into 2010
I am excited to address you as the incoming Chair of the Diabetes Educator Section.
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Aileen Knip RN BScN CCHC(c) CDE
Exogenous Insulin and the Risk of Cancer
Four administrative database studies of glargine vs. other insulins did not show any relationship between glargine and cancer.
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Marilyn McInnes RN BA MEd CDE
DES Sponsors a Diabetes Educator from Cameroon
In Spring 2008, the Central Alberta DES chapter wanted to sponsor a diabetes educator from a developing nation to attend the IDF congress.
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Tracy Everitt MAdEd RD CDE
Adult Adiposity and Diabetes: What is the Connection?
People in India are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 10 years earlier than those of European descent.
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Elaine M. Cooke, BS Pharm RPh CDE
Screening and Early Detection of Diabetes: International Perspectives and Lessons Learned
Canada has drawn upon the expertise of such countries as Finland in the development of prediabetes screening and prevention initiatives.
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Sandy Kostyniuk BA BSW
The Diabetes Communicator Nov/Dec 2009 - Full Issue
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