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THIS WEEK'S ISSUE INCLUDES:

A MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION...
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION...
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Dallas Regional Postgraduate Course, March 30, 2002
17th Annual Southern Regional Postgraduate Course, May 23-26, 2002

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Learning About Diabetes: A Game for Healthy Living
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A MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION...
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION...
Are You Looking for Practical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes?
Attend the 49th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course, February 1-3, 2002, San Francisco, California
Join your colleagues in the city by the bay to learn about the latest treatment and management advances in diabetes.  Meeting Highlight: The program will include a session on innovative strategies for improving outcomes in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.  The session will include topics such as Treating Diabetic Dyslipidemia, Update on New Clinical Trials on CVD and Diabetes and Treating Hypertension: Mono and Combination Therapy.  
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Dallas Regional Postgraduate Course, March 30, 2002
The Dallas Regional Postgraduate Course will take place on March 30, 2002, at the Dallas Marriott Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.  Plans for the program include sessions on Obesity, New Diabetes Treatments and Therapies, Nutritional Issues in Diabetes and Clinical Management of CVD in Diabetes.  In addition, workshop and meet-the-professor sessions include Assessment of Risk and Treatment of Obesity in Children, New Medicare Guidelines, Charcot Foot and Combination Therapy and Successful Interventions for Diabetes Self-Management.  

For program and registration information, click here: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a16366a51186a99406973a2.

17th Annual Southern Regional Postgraduate Course, 
May 23-26, 2002
Join us at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort & Club for the 17th Annual Southern Regional Conference on Diabetes - a comprehensive diabetes update for health care professionals of all specialities. This year's program features keynote lectures on the topics of Obesity Prevention, New Cardiovascular Risk Factors and much more!  

For program and registration information, click here: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a16366a51186a99406973a4.
 

ONLINE SHOPPING...
Learning About Diabetes: A Game for Healthy Living
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