Summary
LONG BEACH - Roni Jensen's high blood sugar levels were a mystery, and Dr. Melissa Kuo was determined to find a pattern.
The second-year resident at St. Mary Medical Center wanted to pinpoint a reason for the spike. Doctor and patient studied a small notebook that Jensen kept to monitor her glucose levels. Numbers had recently climbed, and Jensen's lifestyle patterns shed little light on the cause.See the full content of this document
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Doctor: A Family Feel
"Have you been eating differently because of the holidays?' Kuo asked.
Jensen shook her head. Kuo looked back at the notebook, a small wrinkle appearing between her dark eyes."We have got to get control of your diabetes,' she said.With a high ratio of indigent and uninsured patients, St. Mary's outpatient clinic cases lean toward the complicated. Jensen, for example, was also battling asthma, high cholesterol and high blood pressure a lot for Kuo to treat, and to discuss with her supervisor.The young doctors hav...See the full content of this document
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