Thu 5 May 2011
Part of a 17-part series on Diabetes, this animated video covers basic issues such as glucose, insulin, the pancreas and warning signs of diabetes. Thoroughly reviewed by our team of medical experts using evidence-based data, this introduction to Diabetes is designed to help kids and families understand “What is Diabetes.”
Mon 2 May 2011
In some Native American communities, diabetes is so common that people grow up feeling that it is in some ways, inevitable. “I don’t have diabetes yet,” is what Dr. Warne often hears from his patients. Yet hope for the future is an important factor in preventing and controlling diabetes – something health care practitioners need to take into account when treating patients. This video is a Web-exclusive supplement to “Bad Sugar,”Episode 4 of “UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” This ground-breaking documentary series looks at how the social, economic and physical environments in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affect our longevity and health. The series broadcast nationally on PBS in spring 2008, and can be bought on DVD from California Newsreel, www.newsreel.org Visit www.unnaturalcauses.org to learn more.
Sat 30 Apr 2011
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES: John has type one diabetes but refuses to be diligent about checking his blood sugar, or taking his insulin. A social misfit and an outcast for many years, John wants to be considered a regular guy, and pretends to be one by eating whatever he wants without regard for his illness. He has been in a near-coma and hospitalized multiple times. His parents want to stop enabling his self-destructive behavior, but wont kick him out of the house because they fear hell die without their supervision.
