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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:

1. Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum -
Online!
2. Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes, 3rd Edition
3. Tell Your Patients! Diabetes Forecast is "LIVE!"
4. New Guidelines Call for More Aggressive Cholesterol Treatment
5. Let the Bidding Begin!
6. A Message from WebMD
7. The American Diabetes Association 61st Scientific Sessions is Fast
Approaching
8. 16th Annual Southern Regional Conference on Diabetes
9. Los Angeles Postgraduate Course


1. Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum -
Online!

The American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce the launch of
new and improved websites for its professional journals: Diabetes,
Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. For a limited
time, ADA is offering free access to the online journals as a service to
all who are interested in the latest in diabetes research, care, and
education. To familiarize yourself with the online journals'
cutting-edge contents, fresh looks, and enhanced functions, please
visit:

http://www.diabetes.org/Diabetes
http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesCare
http://www.diabetes.org/ClinicalDiabetes
http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesSpectrum



2. Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes, 3rd Edition

Newly revised and updated, this popular clinical reference book delivers
a complete package of protocols that have resulted in healthy infants in
pregnancies complicated by type 1, 2, or gestational diabetes. Plus,
current nutritional recommendations for medical nutrition therapy,
tailored to pregnant women with diabetes.  For more information or to
order this book, click on the following link:

http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.96.1.10460


3. Tell Your Patients!  Diabetes Forecast is "LIVE!"

ADA, in cooperation with HealthTalk Interactive, is pleased to present
the newest edition of Diabetes Forecast Live! on May 22 at 8:30PM ET.
Diabetes Forecast Live! provides real-time interviews with diabetes
experts, as well as special guests. The featured guest for this episode
is Australian rocker Hamish Richardson of the group "Brother," and the
topic will be traveling with diabetes--something Hamish knows a lot
about, being from Down Under. Tell your patients to access Diabetes
Forecast Live! via ADA's homepage:

http://www.diabetes.org



4. The American Diabetes Association 61st Scientific Sessions is Fast
Approaching

The American Diabetes Association 61st Scientific Sessions is scheduled
to occur in Philadelphia, PA, June 22- 26, 2001. This year's program is
the most extensive ever, offering over 140 sessions across 9 theme
areas. For more information or to register for this meeting, click on
the following link:

http://www.diabetes.org/am01/



5. 16th Annual Southern Regional Conference on Diabetes

The 16th Annual Southern Regional Conference on Diabetes, to be held on
May 24-27, 2001, at Sawgrass Marriott Resort, Ponte Vedra Beach
(Jacksonville), Florida, is one of the four Postgraduate Courses offered
by the American Diabetes Association this year.   With obesity in
children and adults possibly being the single most significant cause of
type 2 diabetes, this will be a primary focus of the 2001 program. Other
tracks will focus on the dysmetabolic syndrome, diabetes essentials,
complications and special management issues. Sixteen interactive
workshops scheduled in the afternoons and evenings will have something
to offer to all health care professionals. For more information or to
register for this meeting, click on the following link:

http://www.diabetes.org/adafl/src2001



6. Los Angeles Postgraduate Course

The Los Angeles Postgraduate Course will take place on July 21, 2001, at
the Los Angeles Marriott Downtown. Plans for the program include
sessions on Obesity and Type 2 in Children, New Diabetes Treatments and
Therapies, Nutrition and Clinical Management of CVD in Diabetes. In
addition, workshops and meet-the-professor sessions include
Contraception and Pre-conception Care in Women with Diabetes, Cost
Effective Patient Education, Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2,
Management of Type 2 in Children, and Reaching Lipid and Blood Pressure
Goals. For more information or to register for this meeting, click on
the following link:

http://www.diabetes.org/rpg/la



7. New Guidelines Call for More Aggressive Cholesterol Treatment

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), some 53 million
Americans have high cholesterol and the U.S. death toll from heart
disease is about 500,000 a year. To try and reduce these numbers and
prolong lives, the NIH has formed new guidelines for physicians treating
people at risk for heart disease. The new, more aggressive guidelines,
released Tuesday, May 15, add diabetes and metabolic syndrome to the
conditions indicating an increased risk for heart disease, recommend
different tests to screen for high cholesterol, and offer modified
standards for good and bad cholesterol. The NIH expects the numbers of
Americans using prescribed cholesterol drugs and following prescribed,
cholesterol-lowering diets to grow sharply  For more information on this
story, click on the following link:

http://www.diabetes.org/enews/051701_Cholesterol.asp



8. Let the Bidding Begin!

The American Diabetes Association proudly announces the launch of the
Partners For A Cure online auction. Accessible through the Association's
Web site, www.diabetes.org, the auction offers an interesting range of
items up for bid, including one-of-a-kind items such as "Lucille", B.B.
King's affectionately named guitar, an NFL regulation football, signed
by Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, the MVP of the 2001 Super Bowl,
and an autographed original photo of the pop rock group N'Sync.
Additionally offered are vacation getaways, autographed sports
memorabilia and a variety of original artwork and jewelry.  Now LIVE
online, the auction will continue through the end of June 2001.
Registration is free, and for every new registration, the Association
receives $5.  To learn more and join the auction, access the link below
and click on the image of B.B. King:

http://www.diabetes.org/auction/



9. A Message from WEbMD

Where can your patients get easy-reading diabetes news and information
that's always reviewed by physician-editors before publication -- to
ensure that it's accurate and up to date? At WebMD's Diabetes Condition
Center. For more information on this story, click on the following link:

http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.96.2.10460


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