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		<title>Team approach to foot care lowers risk of amputation in diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Zablocki - HBNS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have diabetes, your lifetime risk of developing a foot ulcer is 15% or more, and about a quarter of diabetic foot ulcers fail to heal and eventually require amputation.
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		<title>Washington ranks 28th most obese state in the nation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an adult obesity rate of 26 percent, Washington now ranks as the 28th most obese state and is one of the 38 that have an adult obesity rate above 25 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes classes begin May 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benaroya Diabetes Center at Virginia Mason now offering new diabetes management classes called “Going for the Goal.”
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		<title>FDA warns potentially dangerous stolen insulin is still on the market</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/fda-warns-potentially-dangerous-stolen-insulin-is-still-on-the-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today that potenially dangerous stolen vials of insulin are still on the market.
Last June, 129,000 vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk, Inc. were stolen in North Carolina.
Only 2 percent of the stolen vials have been recovered.
The FDA said it has received multiple reports [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/diabetes-monitors-cantwell-elderly-disabled-long-term-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FDA may require glucose monitors to be more accurate
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon require glucose monitors used by more than 11 million diabetics in the U.S. to be more accurate, Gardiner Harris reports in the New York Times.
Under current standards, these monitors can be off by as much as 20 percent putting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic recalls some Quick-set infusion sets used with its MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medtronic, Inc. is recalling some of its Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets used with its MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps.
In a press release announcing the recall, the company said it recently discovered that approximately 2 percent of “Lot 8” Quick-set infusion sets may not work properly.
&#8220;The affected infusion sets may not allow the insulin pump to vent air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health in the news &#8211; July 13</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/health-in-the-news-july-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle&#8217;s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle&#8217;s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA issues warning on Levemir insulin</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/fda-issues-warning-on-levemir-insulin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stolen vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk have reappeared and are now being sold in the U.S.. the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has learned.
The insulin may be dangerous because the vials may not have been stored and handled properly, the FDA warns.
Three lots or a total of 129,000 vials of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adolescents using insulin pumps achieve better blood sugar levels, but diabetes control still poor</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/adolescents-using-insulin-pumps-achieve-better-blood-sugar-levels-but-diabetes-control-still-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps achieve better blood-sugar levels than do adolescents who use other methods, according to a new study.
Those using insulin pumps also required fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the study found.
But even with the pump many children and teens still fail to achieve good blood-sugar control, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cookbook offers healthy, traditional recipes to help Hispanics avoid diabetes</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/cookbook-offers-healthy-traditional-recipes-for-hispanics-with-diabetes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, more than one in ten Hispanics age 20 years and older has diabetes. The reasons for this are unknown. Diabetes can run in families, so heredity might play a role. Some researchers believe that certain ethnic groups carry  a &#8220;thrifty gene&#8221;.
People with this gene would be better at storing up food as fat during [...]]]></description>
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