Welcome to Diabetes E-News Now!, Health Care Professional Edition. 

You are receiving this newsletter by request. This weekly newsletter
provides you with the latest news and events occurring in the world of
diabetes and is brought to you by the American Diabetes Association.

Visit the online community of diabetes.org.
Explore.  Learn More.  

__________________________________

THIS WEEK'S ISSUE INCLUDES:

IN THE NEWS...
Diabetes Increase Means More General Practitioner Involvement
Lifestyle Remains Key Diabetes Risk
Childhood Obesity Becoming Global Problem
Native American Conference Suggests Traditional Lifestyles

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION...
The American Diabetes Association invites you to attend "Understanding
the Metabolic Syndrome: Effect on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease".
The American Diabetes Association's  49th Annual Advanced Postgraduate
Course, February 1-3, 2002 - San Francisco 

ONLINE SHOPPING...
BOOK OF THE WEEK - Practical Carbohydrate Counting: A How-to-Teach Guide
for Health Professionals - NEW!

A MESSAGE FROM WebMD...
Help Your Patients Take Charge of Their Diet and Exercise Today! 
__________________________________

IN THE NEWS...
Diabetes Increase Means More General Practitioner Involvement
Due to its alarming increase in prevalence in the last twenty years,
diabetes has gone from a "secondary care" or specialty issue to being a
condition in which every primary care physician must be competent to
diagnose and manage.  This article from Pulse recognizes the need for
general practice physicians to expand their diabetes resources and
become more aggressive in diagnosis and treatment.

To learn more about this story, click here:
http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24560325&ID=ada

Lifestyle Remains Key Diabetes Risk
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reevaluated the
landmark 1980-1996 Nurses Health Study, in which nearly 85,000 female
nurses aged 30 to 55 were regularly monitored for dietary intake,
smoking status, alcohol intake and physical activity.  Diabetes was
newly identified in 3,300 subjects in the study.  Lack of exercise, a
poor diet and current smoking were all associated with a significantly
increased risk of diabetes.

To learn more about this story, click here:
http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24560276&ID=ada

Childhood Obesity Becoming Global Problem
Childhood obesity in the United States has grown to epidemic levels, say
public health officials.  Now, a recent study led by researchers at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that growing numbers
of young people in China and Russia are also overweight and obese.

To learn more about this story, click here:
http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24585448&ID=ada

Native American Conference Suggests Traditional Lifestyles
According to the U.S. Indian Health Service, there were very few, if
any, known cases of diabetes among Native Americans before 1936.
However, today Native Americans have the highest incidence of any ethnic
group for type 2 diabetes. Earlier this week in Tulsa, OK delegates from
40 Native American tribes, representatives from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, and various
health professionals attended the "Return to Your Roots" conference to
examine ways to combat this troubling public health program.  Much of
the conference focused on adopting traditional Native American lifestyle
habits as a means to improve their health.

To learn more about this story, click here:
http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24431992&ID=ada

To learn more about how diabetes exists in the Native American Culture,
click here:
http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/outreach/native_americans/default2.jsp


PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION...
The American Diabetes Association invites you to attend "Understanding
the Metabolic Syndrome: Effect on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease".
This 2-day conference, cosponsored by the Council on Nutrition, Physical
Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association, will bring
together scientists and clinicians with a special interest in diabetes
and cardiovascular disease.  The conference will be held at the Tempe
Mission Palms Hotel, in Tempe, Arizona on December 7-8, 2001.  Abstracts
are due no later than October 22, 2001. In addition to major lectures
the program will include poster presentations. 

Abstract forms, registration materials and additional conference
information is available by clicking here:
http://www.diabetes.org/meetings/ms

The American Diabetes Association's  49th Annual Advanced Postgraduate
Course, February 1-3, 2002 - San Francisco 
Join your colleagues in the city by the bay to learn about the latest
treatment and management advances in diabetes. The worlds leading
experts will share cutting-edge clinical research on: CVD and
Dyslipidemia in Diabetes; Diabetes as a Complication of HIV Infection; A
Status Report on the Cure for Type 1 Diabetes; Current and Future
Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications; Cultural
Issues and Healthy Eating; Work and Schoolplace Discrimination Issues;
Lifestyle Management, and much, much more! Register by December 31, 2001
to take advantage of a reduced registration fee.

For additional program or registration information, visit the Web site:
http://www.diabetes.org/pg02.  


ONLINE SHOPPING...
BOOK OF THE WEEK - Practical Carbohydrate Counting: A How-to-Teach Guide
for Health Professionals - NEW!
Help patients count carbohydrates correctly! In easy-to-read detail,
learn how to identify patterns throwing off a patient's blood sugar,
calculate insulin to CHO ratios, fine tune ratios, adapt to combination
therapy, and insulin pump delivery. 

For more information or to order this book, click on the following link:
http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.199.1.10460  

A MESSAGE FROM WebMD...
Help Your Patients Take Charge of Their Diet and Exercise Today! 
WebMD's Diet & Fitness Journal will show your patients how to take
control of diabetes by teaching them how to lose weight sensibly, track
daily diet and fitness routines, and much more --and it's at NO COST! 

To learn more, click here:
http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.199.2.10460
___________________________________

Some of the articles in Diabetes E-News Now! are generated from wire
service stories only and not by the American Diabetes Association.
Therefore, the American Diabetes Association has no control over the
editorial or grammatical content and does not endorse the information
contained in the articles. Neither the American Diabetes Association nor
any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or
fitness for any particular purpose. If you experience any difficulty
accessing the news articles, please e-mail: news@diabetes.org. Being a
Diabetes E-News Now! Member is free and your privacy is guaranteed. 

If you do not wish to receive this electronic newsletter, please visit
the link below to update your subscription or unsubscribe. 

http://www.diabetes.org/emaillist2.asp?email=gstorey@ect.enron.com