The Center for Clinical Immunology at Stanford represents an unprecedented effort to advance the treatment and prevention of disorders of the immune system, including Type 1 diabetes.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh includes questions and answers with the region's top physicians, animations, and extensive information on topics such as diabetes.
The Diabetes Health Economics Study Group seeks to enhance communication about economic issues in diabetes care, and establish collaborative efforts in the reporting and dissemination of diabetes economics research.
The Diabetes Institutes Foundation supports the research, clinical care and education programs of the Leonard R. Strelitz Diabetes Institutes at Eastern Virginia Medical School (SDI at EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia.
The Diabetes Knowledge Base, once published by the University of Wisconsin Medical School, went off-line on August 11, 1995. One of the first web-based collections of diabetes information, its served as an inspiration to many of us. May it rest in peace.
The Diabetes Research Institute web site is an interactive, user-friendly resource for those seeking information on the latest in diabetes research and the progress being made toward a cure for the disease. Visitors can take a virtual tour of the Institute, complete with 3-D imaging and audio, hear personal comments from leading faculty members, and learn about the various stages of translational research on several interactive pages.
The Diabetes Research Laboratories are an integral part of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. The DRL, founded in 1976, is the largest clinical diabetes research unit in the UK.
Healthfinder provides links to the wealth of health-related information on the web published by the U.S. Government. The site was officially launched on Tuesday, April 15th, 1997, by Vice President Al Gore and Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, as part of the 1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference, to be held April 14-16, 1997 in Washington, D.C.
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals, produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health.
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, provides titles, abstracts and availability information on diabetes information and health education materials.
Alternative Therapies for Diabetes by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse summarizes several alternative approaches that some people claim help in the treatment of diabetes.
The National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI) is a multicomponent educational program on type 2 diabetes that is designed for endocrinologists, diabetologists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
The goal of the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP) is to standardize glycohemoglobin test results so that clinical laboratory results are comparable to those reported in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT).
NetWellness is a general-purpose health information site published by the University of Cincinnati that contains links to many other health-related web sites. Their Ask an Expert section has answers to various medical questions.
The Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus, with graphic images in JPEG format, is presented by the University of Utah. These pages illustrate clearly why good control is so important.
What are the Costs of Diabetes Mellitus?, by Thomas J Songer, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, is a 16-page slide show summarizing the costs of diabetes.
The Whittier Institure for Diabetes, a subsidiary of ScrippsHealth, is dedicated to diabetes research, education and patient care through a collaborative program with the University of California, San Diego. The Whittier Program supports intensive efforts in the treatment of adult onset (Type 2) diabetes.
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