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Access Pharmacy
AccessPharmacy is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. At its core, AccessPharmacy is a set of 24 online, full-text books including major books like DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach and Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, with some being updated monthly. A flexible resource, it allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references. Texts are supplemented with multimedia material like animations.
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Educating Your Patient with Diabetes

"Diabetes affects an estimated 20 million people in the United States, with many people remaining unaware that they suffer from the disease. While the number of diabetics continues to rise, the number of caregivers who specialize in diabetes treatment does not. In Educating Your Patient with Diabetes, Katie Weinger and Catherine Carver assemble commentary from a panel of leading diabetes practitioners and researchers and put together a highly readable guide to supplying patients with diabetes with the information and ability to successfully cope with their disease. The authors and editors provide substantive data on successful models of diabetes education and the process of educating diabetes sufferers. Additional chapters discuss diabetes in pregnancy, the challenge of weight and diabetes management in clinical practice, and diabetes education in geriatric populations. Timely and accessible, Educating Your Patient with Diabetes is a must have for all diabetes educators, physician assistants, nurses, and endocrinologists who endeavor to support their patients' diabetes self-care efforts and help them maximize the opportunities for patient learning."
Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (IDERC)
"Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center (IDEC) is the largest endocrinology practice in the state of Iowa, providing comprehensive health care services to adult patients with diabetes and hormonal disorders. IDEC has six board certified endocrinologists, several midlevel providers, and certified diabetes educators with an ADA recognized diabetes program. IDEC has been involved in clinical research for more than five years. IDERC was established to further enhance the research capabilities at IDEC and bring the latest technology and medications to Iowans with diabetes."
Managing Clinical Problems in Diabetes
"The incidence and prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally, and most health professionals are likely to care for people with diabetes. In such cases they may often find that they have to make clinical decisions without expert support, which can be difficult for both patient and carer.
Managing Clinical Problems in Diabetes provides this support by exploring common clinical problems in diabetes care, and providing practical solutions based on evidence and the clinical experience of diabetes educators, endocrinologists, general practitioners, and other health professionals who encounter such problems on a daily basis. Each chapter begins with an introductory section presenting an overview of the management of diabetes, including short and long term complications and management targets across the lifespan. The authors then pose commonly encountered diabetes management problems, developing comprehensive responses from a range of relevant health professionals who each provide management suggestions from their area of practice.
Managing Clinical Problems in Diabetes is a vital resource for health professionals involved in the provision of care for people with diabetes."
MEDLINE - EBSCO version
Indexes over 4,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to some full-text where available.
Meyler's Side Effects of Endocrine and Metabolic Drugs
"Elsevier now offers a series of derivative works based on the acclaimed Meyler's Side Effect of Drugs, 15th Edition. These individual volumes are grouped by specialty to benefit the practicing physician and/or clinician. Diseases of the endocrine system are common, including diseases such as diabetes, thyroid disease, and obesity, as well as bone diseases like osteoporosis. Endocrinologists, internal medicine and primary care practitioners, bariatric physicians, diabetic professionals, and even OB/GYNs will find this volume useful when treating endocrine diseases with drug or hormonal therapy. * The only drug guide that includes clinical case studies and expert analysis * Most complete cross referencing of drug-drug interactions available * Features not only endocrine and metabolic drugs, but also all other drugs that act upon the endocrine system * Latest content from the most highly-regarded compilation of drug side effects: Side Effects of Drugs Annual serial"
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
"The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
NDIC was established in 1978 to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health care professionals, and the general public. To carry out this mission, NDIC works closely with NIDDK's Diabetes Research and Training Centers; the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP); professional, patient, and voluntary associations; Government agencies; and State health departments to identify and respond to informational needs about diabetes and its management."
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Natural Standard
Evidence-based information for complementary/alternative medicine (CAM). Contains information for both health professionals and patients written at a variety of reading levels. Information from around the world is evaluated and each treatment is graded for its effectiveness for a given condition. Consists of a number of databases and modules including:
- herbs and supplements
- medical conditions (click checkboxes to get a diagnosis)
- comparative effectiveness of various treatments
- genomics and proteomics
- environmental resources
- brand names (includes information on international brand names)
- interactive tools (including various calculators, a nutritional information database and a CAM dictionary)
Nuraceuticals, Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes
"Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem for the developed and developing countries and it is a burden on healthcare systems as well as individuals. Nutraceuticals, Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes primarily focuses on the nutraceuticals that assist in preventing and managing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. The book gives an overview of glycemic health and highlights the use of novel and upcoming nutraceutical ingredients such as bioactive peptides, traditional herbs from India and Mexico, resistant starches, cinnamon, chromium III and others. After the successful commercial application of bioactive peptides as nutraceutical ingredients in the management of blood pressure, companies are now focusing on peptides for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. Resistant starches in the clinical studies have demonstrated to reduce the glycemic and insulin response and increasing insulin sensitivity. These and other nutraceuticals that are supported by scientific and clinical studies are highlighted. The editors and contributors are experts in their respective fields and are largely from the university, industry and government. Nutraceuticals, Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes will be useful as a standard reference book for all those concerned with the role of nutraceuticals and glycemia in the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes."
Available in print, RC661 .F86 N88 2008
Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care
British Medical Association Medical Book of the Year, 2004
"A Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care is a practical clinical manual for the diagnosis, treatment - both medical and surgical - and the long-term care of foot problems in people with diabetes. The authors are world-renowned experts in this subject and they present the internationally recognised best practice.The clinical chapters are presented in a structured, colour-coded format to allow easy reference. The text also includes highlighted best clinical practice tips. Each chapter is accompanied by high-quality, full-colour photographs that provide excellent examples of the earliest presenting signs as well as illustrating the step-by-step guidance on treatment. A Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care is an essential manual for every healthcare professional involved in the care of patients with diabetes"
Prevention of Blindness from Diabetes Mellitus

Available online. Report of a WHO consultation in Geneva, Switzerland, 9-11 November 2005.
SCOPUS
Scopus indexes over 14,000 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social science literature (from over 4,000 international publishers). Abstracts go back to 1966. References go back to 1996. 100% coverage of Medline. A unique feature of this databaae is the "Cited By" feature, which offers the ability to determine (and track) the number of times a particular article/author has been cited and by whom.
Links to full-text when subscribed to by the Library; otherwise, offers citation information for Interlibrary Loan purposes.
SearchMedica
If Google and Medline had a baby, it would be SearchMedica.
"SearchMedica is easily navigable. The home page has a clean, simple appearance with one main search box underneath a toolbar offering features to search within the entire site (All of Medicine) or within one of ten specific areas (Cancer/Hemic, Cardiovascular, Diabetes/Endocrine, Infectious, Mental/Nervous System, Musculoskeletal, Pediatric, Practice Management, Radiology, and Respiratory). Immediately below the search box are three Advanced Options: Recommended medical sites and Prioritize results by publication date are the defaults; the third search option is titled The entire Web. Users also may refine results by categories including Clinical Trials, Evidence-based Articles, Patient Education, and Practical Articles/News. An improvement to SearchMedica would be the separation of Practical Articles and News; users could then use News to track current medical events. SearchMedica offers many additional features, such as the option of adding the Search Box to blogs and Web pages. Registration is free and offers additional benefits, such as a weekly tips newsletter." from Choice, April 2009



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