Low-trauma fractures, especially in women over
40 and men over 50 years of age, can be devastating. They often result in deformity, chronic pain, and loss of mobility and independence that sometimes require admission into nursing homes or long-term care facilities. Their profound impact on quality of life has not yet been fully calculated. One-year mortality [...]

Families, educators, and students are often looking for good Internet resources on the general topic of Alzheimer’s disease. Identified here are best Web sites on the science of Alzheimer’s: what it is and how it progresses. Each site is slightly different. Aimed at promoting an environment of trust for persons with Alzheimer’s and those who [...]

Making the Diagnosis
There is currently no single test that can tell if a person has Alzheimer’s disease. The diagnosis is made through a systematic assessment which eliminates other possible causes. Until the time when there is a conclusive test, doctors may continue to use the words “probable Alzheimer’s disease”. However, you should be aware that [...]

Event producers Metropolitan Pavilion and beauty experts The Powder Group are pleased to announce the second annual The Makeup Show NYC, the New York City tradeshow for the makeup industry, slated for May 13 & May 14, 2007. At the epicenter of the glamour industry, The Metropolitan Pavilion and The Powder Group are excited to [...]

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HOUSE DIET
PURPOSE: This diet is the “core” diet, which serves as the foundation for all other diet development. The house diet is the medium portion size on the menu.
DIET PRINCIPLES: The diet is based on principles found in the USDA My Pyramid Food Guidance System, DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Eating Plan, American Cancer [...]

Program Goals
• Ethics and Professionalism: Incorporate into dental hygiene practice professional laws, regulations, and policies established by the licensing state and regulatory agencies.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Model dental hygiene professional code of ethics in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Pursue lifelong professional growth and development through self-directed learning, participation in professional organizations, and [...]

Historically, the inclusion of sucrose in the diabetic subject’s diet has been avoided for fear of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. However, current scientific literature suggests that consuming a moderate amount of dietary sucrose—within a balanced meal—has an effect similar to starch on the glycemic level of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (1). These [...]

The Canadian Journal of Diabetes is Canada’s only diabetes-oriented, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal for diabetes healthcare professionals and scientists. Published quarterly, Canadian Journal of Diabetes contains original articles, resource reviews, a journal watch, shorter articles such as Perspectives in Practice and Diabetes and Society, and news from the Clinical & Scientific Section and the Diabetes Educators [...]

The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1) is estimated to be between 5%–10% (1–3) and as such, patients with type 1 should be screened routinely for CD. Diabetes (DM) and CD, in conjunction with a number of other conditions including autoimmune thyroid diseases, can be associated with [...]

Brief cognitive behavioural therapy or usual care. After 10 days of training, the intervention nurses visited patients for up to 6 hour-long sessions over 2–3 months. Carers received 3 optional sessions. All phases of cognitive behavioural therapy were included: assessment and engaging; developing explanations; case formulation; symptom management; adherence; core beliefs, and relapse prevention. Participants [...]

Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for diabetes is not “one size fits all.” Each person with diabetes is an individual, and finding the optimal approach to his or her nutrition care is often a challenge. Nutrition Practice Guidelines (NPGs) for diabetes have been developed to guide nutrition professionals in providing MNT that individualizes and improves diabetes [...]