- American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association provides sound nutrition advice, publishes many useful books, hosts fundraising events, and grants access to statistics, recipes, newsletters, and much more. Different areas of the site are geared toward health professionals and the public. Users can subscribe for a free ADA update email.
http://www.diabetes.org
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- Canadian Diabetes Association
The CDA supports diabetes research and offers a wealth of information of consumers and professionals. Click on “About Diabetes” for links to nutrition information.
http://www.diabetes.ca
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- CDC Diabetes Public Health Resource
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer excellent resources for health professionals and the general public. Click on “Other Resources” for numerous links to other useful diabetes websites. The “Data and Trends” link provides fact sheets on current diabetes data.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/
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- Clinical Practice Recommendations
The American Diabetes Association makes clinical practice guidelines available for health professionals. These recommendations are updated regularly. Standards of medical care, targets for blood glucose and blood lipid control, and diagnostic criteria are included.
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/vol29/suppl_1/
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- GlaxoSmithKline
This pharmaceutical company makes available several user-friendly patient education tools. Click on the “Look” link for an animation of how type 2 diabetes develops.
http://www.diabetes.com/
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- Joslin Diabetes Center
Joslin Diabetes Center
The Joslin Diabetes Center offers access to patient education materials, clinical guidelines for health professionals, ongoing research, and online classes to learn about the disease.
http://www.joslin.org/
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- National Diabetes Education Program
This branch of the National Institutes of Health provides consumers and health professionals with up-to-date diabetes information with a focus on prevention. The “Resources” link contains downloadable education materials.
http://ndep.nih.gov
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- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
The National Institutes of Health provide detailed information on diabetes with a focus on research. The link for “Complications of Diabetes” is very useful. Of particular interest is the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse link.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
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