DiabetesMatchmaker.com???
January 3rd, 2008 by KevinAccording to this article in the NY Times, sounds like your diabetes care providers ought to reflect your current therapy preferences and your diagnosed condition. Makes sense to me!
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AMA president suggests consumers may benefit by selecting physicians based on shared interests.
In the New York Times’s (1/3, G1) Personal Best column, Gina Kolata asks if consumers should select physicians based on shared interests. For instance, should obese people seek “fat friendly” physicians, or should athletes consult only physicians who are also athletes? There is no clear answer at this time, but according to Ronald Davis, M.D., AMA president and a specialist in preventive medicine at the Henry Ford Health System, “[t]here are some hints.” For instance, one study surveyed “about 4,000 female doctors, and found that those who were at least moderately active were much more comfortable advising patients about exercise, and encouraging them to exercise.” Such physicians are “more likely to provide advice on exercise that will be meaningful to patients,” Dr. Davis stated. Similarly, William Kraus, M.D., 53, “a cardiologist who is a professor of medicine at Duke, and runs 35 miles a week and finishes five-kilometer races in about 20 minutes,” said that “athletic doctors are less likely to take the easy way out, and tell an active person who is injured or ill to stop exercising.”
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January 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I couldn’t agree more. When my mother was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, it was two more meds piled onto the list of others that she takes. Yet when my father was also diagnosed with Type II, he received much more guidance about nutrition, the importance of weight loss and the ominous effects of exercise. The difference is they see two entirely different physicians with two obviously different commitments. Choose your physician wisely. Choose one like my dad’s.
Resa Chandler, Ph.D.
Exercise Physiologist
Fitness/Exercise Coach for Fitness 4 Diabetics
http://www.fit4d.com