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Volume 14, Number 1, Winter Edition 1999
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC, published quarterly, is the national newsmagazine of the Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind. It is read by those interested in all aspects of blindness and diabetes. We show diabetics that they have options regardless of the ramifications they may have had. We have a positive philosophy and know that positive attitudes are contagious.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
HELEN OLSON: 67 YEARS WITH DIABETES
THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD CONTROL
ASK THE DOCTOR
by Wesley W. Wilson, MD
THE CLAY NEVER
HARDENS
by Nancy Scott
THE SEARCH FOR
ANONYMITY
by Marc Maurer
IN MEMORY
OF A LEADER
by Ed Bryant
INSULIN,
THE BOGEYMAN
by Peter J. Nebergall,
PhD
DIALYSIS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
WHAT IS DIABETES
MELLITUS?
by Arturo Rolla, MD, and Joan Stout
DOCTOR SUGGESTS NEW PRIORITIES COULD REDUCE DIABETIC BLINDNESS
UKPDS: GOOD NEWS
FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
by Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE
COOKING WITH SUZI
by Suzi Castle
DIET AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
by Patricia Harum, RD, CS, LD
ALTERNATIVE MEAT
by Peter J. Nebergall, PhD
SWEET REWARD: REDUCING ERRORS WITH IV INSULIN
ELI LILLY FAILS
TO RESPOND TO EDITOR'S LETTER
by Ed Bryant
BOOK REVIEWS
by Marilyn Helton
WHAT YOU ALWAYS
WANTED TO KNOW BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO ASK
(Resource Column)