Government Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  Mission: To reduce the burden of diabetes in the United States by planning, conducting, coordinating, and evaluating Federal efforts to translate promising results of diabetes research into widespread clinical and public health practice. CDC distributes several publications including a patient guide for people with diabetes (available in English and Spanish).

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• FDA

  FDA regulates nearly all of the foods you eat and the medical products you use to treat your diabetes, including glucose meters, insulin pumps, diabetes medicines, and insulin. The mission: to assure that these products are safe and that they work as well as claimed.

  created: 16 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 12 Apr 2007

• Fruits and Veggies More Matters

  To get a healthy variety, think color. Eating fruits and vegetables of different colors gives your body a wide range of valuable nutrients, like fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamins A and C. Some examples include green spinach, orange sweet potatoes, black beans, yellow corn, purple plums, red watermelon, and white onions. For more variety, try new fruits and vegetables regularly.

  created: 01 Mar 2007 by admin ::: updated: 06 Apr 2007

• Indian Health Service (IHS)

  Mission: To develop, document, and sustain a health effort to prevent and control diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. IHS makes many diabetes resources available, including the Diabetes Curriculum Packet, nutrition education materials, general diabetes information, professional resources, training programs, posters, audiovisual materials, and other patient education materials. Educational materials are directed toward American Indian and Alaska Native populations, and some materials are available at a lower reading level. Materials can be obtained upon request from the IHS National Diabetes Office.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The mission of NCCAM is to:

  * Explore complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science. * Train complementary and alternative medicine researchers. * Disseminate authoritative information to the public and professionals.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

  Mission: To improve the treatment and outcomes for people with diabetes, to promote early diagnosis, and to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.

  created: 01 Mar 2007 by admin ::: updated: 01 Mar 2007

• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

  Mission: To serve as a diabetes information, educational, and referral resource for health professionals and the public. NDIC is a service of the NIDDK.

  created: 01 Mar 2007 by admin ::: updated: 01 Mar 2007

• National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)

  Educational materials about digestive diseases, available free or at little cost. Literature searches on a myriad of subjects related to digestive diseases are also provided. NDDIC publishes Digestive Diseases News, a quarterly newsletter.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• National Eye Institute (NEI)

  Mission: To promote public and professional awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of diabetic eye disease. NEI produces patient and professional education materials related to diabetic eye disease and its treatment. The following titles focus on diabetic eye disease: Educating People with Diabetes (kit), Information Kit for Pharmacists, and Ojo con su Visión (Watch Out for Your Vision) (in Spanish).

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Information Ce

  Mission: To provide information and respond to inquiries related to the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Patient education and professional materials are available on numerous topics, including cholesterol, high blood pressure, asthma, blood disease, heart disease, heart attack, exercise, obesity, lung disease, and sleep disorders.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is the Government's lead agency for diabetes research. The NIDDK operates three information clearinghouses of potential interest to people seeking diabetes information and funds six Diabetes Research and Training Centers and eight Diabetes Endocrinology Research Centers.

  created: 01 Mar 2007 by admin ::: updated: 01 Mar 2007

• National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)

  NKDEP aims to raise awareness of the seriousness of kidney disease, the importance of testing those at high risk (those with diabetes, high blood pressure, or a family history of kidney failure), and the availability of treatment to prevent or slow kidney failure. Materials: Educational materials about kidney disease, available free or at little cost.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMH-RC)

  Mission: To improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of health policies and programs. OMH-RC is the largest resource and referral service on minority health in the Nation. OMH-RC offers information, publications, mailing lists, database searches, referrals, and more for African-American, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander populations. OMH-RC publishes the newsletters Closing the Gap and HIV Impact.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• The Bureau of Primary Health Care

  The Bureau of Primary Health Care, a service of the Health Resources and Services Administration, offers health care for people regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. To find local health centers, call 1–800–400–2742 and ask for a directory, or visit the bureau's website.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration

  FDA regulates nearly all of the foods you eat and the medical products you use to treat your diabetes, including glucose meters, insulin pumps, diabetes medicines, and insulin. We have tried to include information about many products that help you check and control your blood sugar. Our mission is to assure that these products are safe and that they work as well as claimed.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is a leader in on-line global nutrition information.Located at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) of USDA, the FNIC Web site contains over 2000 links to current and reliable nutrition information.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

  Mission: To decrease the prevalence of adverse health outcomes in veterans with diabetes by ensuring that each patient at each facility has access to preventive and treatment programs that meet national standards of care.

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007

• Weight-control Information Network (WIN)

  Mission: To address the health information needs of individuals through the production and dissemination of educational materials. In addition, WIN is developing communication strategies for a pilot program to encourage at-risk individuals to achieve and maintain a healthy weight by making changes in their lifestyle. Fact sheets, brochures, reprints, consensus statements, and literature searches on weight control, obesity, and weight-related nutritional disorders. WIN's semiannual newsletter, WIN Notes, provides health professionals with the latest research findings and progress in the WIN program

  created: 04 Mar 2007 by calypso ::: updated: 04 Mar 2007