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sstrumello
05-01-2006, 04:41 PM
For anyone suffering from hypoglycemia unawareness, you should be aware of a program developed by researchers at the University of Virginia called Blood Glucose Awareness Training (or BGAT) which is now offered on a nationwide and also worldwide basis. Tonight (Monday, May 1, 2006, 9:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM PST), there is an opportunity to "meet" one of the program's developers, Linda Gonder-Frederick in an online chat program. Please join us at DiabetesTalkFest.com (passwords are not required). To attend this online chat program, please visit: http://diabetestalkfest.com/chat/flashchat.php.

For more background information about Blood Glucose Awareness Training, please see the following websites:

Blood Glucose Awareness Training (BGAT-2)
An overview of blood glucose awareness training (BGAT) has been shown to help improve awareness of blood glucose (BG) fluctuations among adults with type 1 diabetes. This study investigates the long-term (12-month) benefits of BGAT-2.
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/24/4/637


BGAT-home
An online version of Blood Glucose Awareness Training developed by the University of Virginia Diabetes Research Team in Behavioral Medicine.
http://webcenter.healthsystem.virginia.edu/bmc/bgathome_temp/index2.htm

If you happen to miss the live program, while you will not be able to ask Linda Gonder-Frederick any questions about BGAT, the transcripts will be available following the live program at the DiabetesTalkFest website.