Diabetes Links
- American Diabetes Association
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
- The Islet Foundation - read the message forum - you will learn something here
- WebMD - lots of current/research information
- Information from AACE - including Web Casts which are very informative
- Diabetes Monitor - lots of information and links
- Diabetes Talkfest - live chats with top diabetes researchers
- David Mendosa's diabetes directory - Mr. Mendosa has been observing diabetes on the web for a number of years
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- International Diabetes Federation - diabetes is a world wide problem
- USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory - a wonderful resource with more information about food than you will ever use - highly reommmended!
- Counting Carbs - nice teaching program for the LSU Ag Center
- Glycemic Index - information from Rick Mendosa
- Diabetic Gourmet Magazine - very nice site!
- Diabetic diet - surely the most difficult and controversial aspect of diabetes care. Here is a recent article from US News & World Report
- Sucralose
- Insulin pumpers - a noncommercial site with a lot of information. Recommended.
- Medtronic MiniMed
- Disetronic
- Animas
- Deltec Cozmo
- DANA Diabecare II
- Medicare coverage for insulin pumps
- Novo Nordisk
- Lilly
- Lantus insulin
- See pharmacies
- Time course of action of different insulins (Lilly products only)
- Insulin injectors - no needle
- Diabetes in children - a very large site with lots of information
- Kids Online - from the JDRF
- Joslin Diabetes Center - Boston - an affiliate of Harvard University
- Barbara Davis Center - Denver
- NIH - active research studies you may want to participate in
- Immune tolerance network
- University of Illinois at Chicago - Jose Oberholzer, M.D. - The Chicago Project
- Northwestern University Medical Center - Dixon Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D.
- University of Minnesota - David Sutherland, M.D., Ph.D.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison - Islet cell transplant - Hans Sollinger, M.D., Ph.D.
- Mayo Clinic - Islet cell transplant
- Diabetes Research Institute - the leaders in islet cell transplantation in the U.S. - Miami, Florida
Nephropathy - kidney disease due to diabetes
- Stem cell research
- Research studies that are available
- Join Lee Now - Lee Iacocca is leading an effort to raise money to fund a clinical trial (in humans) of the research findings of Dr. Denise Faustman from the Massachusetts General Hospital.
- The Discovery of Insulin
- The Discovery of Insulin - a wonderful site from the University of Toronto - Recommended
- Banting Digital Library
- Frederick Banting - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923
- Diabetes Pilot - software program
- FreeStyle Tracker - a FreeStyle glucose meter attached to a Handspring Visor
- HealthEngage Diabetes - software
- A review of a number of programs
Diabetes Links - sites with a lot of links
- The Healing Handbook for Persons with Diabetes - by Aldo Rossini and Ruth Lundstrom from the University of Massachusetts - This is the third edition of a full length book created for persons with diabetes and their families. It aims to provide trustworthy information in a useful, easy-to-read form. We offer it on line as a service to all persons with diabetes.
- Understanding insulin dependent diabetes mellitus - by H. Peter Chase, M.D., from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Immunology - by George Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D., from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetse
- A list of books from the Diabetes Monitor site
- A nice paper discussing hypoglycemia from the Canadian Diabetes Association
- Nite Bites - I like this product and recommend it to prevent low sugars at night. For some reason pharmacies do not stock this, but you can order it over the net.
- Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association
- Team Diabetes - if you cycle
- Information from NIH
- Information from George Washington University (Includes the DCCT protocol)
- DCCT bibliography
