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Under a grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, RVision Corporation™ has developed a library of disease-specific and patient-specific education and exercise rehabilitation content for home use by patients with Type 2 Diabetes. The NIH Grant allowed RVision, Rose Biomedical and leading physicians and exercise physiologists to conduct a study of the use of this specific content by patients with Type 2 Diabetes for customized education and exercise instruction as an adjunct to traditional instruction. The study compared outcomes to Type 2 Diabetes patients who did not utilize the content. The content was designed to: (1) increase knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes and associated treatment; (2) increase comprehension of prescribed educational and exercise programs; (3) increase compliance with exercise prescriptions; (4) improve control of blood glucose levels; and (5) improve perceived quality of life. Overall, the study reported significant benefits in each of these objectives, compared to patients who did not utilize the content. HealthIx™ is the exclusive online distributor of this unique content for Type 2 Diabetes patients, which is available as discrete topics in DVD or VHS videotape format. The RVision™ DVD or VHS products are available for purchase directly through this secure website. Simply click on a Diabetes Video category at the left to view all the topics offered.
Other Resources- Patients with Diabetes often want to know everything they can about their condition. The following is a list of Diabetes resources that has been compiled to save you countless hours of searching on the Internet:
Essential
Nutrition - A broad-based group of non-profit consumer, nutrition
and public health organizations to promote programs, policies
and research about the essentials of a nutritionally balanced
diet.
American Council for the Blind - This service provides general information about the Council, including recent issues of our monthly publication, The Braille Forum.
American Federation for Aging Research - Online Diabetes Information Center providing reliable research-based information on healthy lifestyles, age-related diseases and conditions and topics in the biology of aging
Children's Hospital Boston's Diabetes Program
is a multi-disciplinary
program dedicated to the care of infants, children, adolescents
and young adults with diabetes mellitus and other disorders
of carbohydrate metabolism.
The Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota.
Home Dialysis Central - offers resources and support for patients and professionals who are interested in peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis.
Joslin
Diabetes Center - Comprehensive diabetes site form one of
the largest diabetes care facilities in the nation.
Kidney
School - Kidney School will help you learn to take an active
role in your healthcare decision making. Research suggests that
kidney patients who become active partners in their care are
more likely to live long and live well. Professional Education
also available.
The Life Options Rehabilitation Program - is a national program to help people live long and live well with kidney disease, through research and research-based education. We've published more than 20 peer-reviewed studies, and all Life Options free materials are based on research.
MEDLINEplus
Health Information - Comprehensive medical information site
sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National
Institute of Health.
National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse - A service of the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (government
agency), site include a diabetes dictionary, information on
clinical trials, treatments, complications and statistics.
Available in Spanish.
