ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 28, 2008) – More than 200 volunteer advocates from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will meet with their members of Congress this week, and urge them to support increased federal funding for diabetes prevention and research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 28, 2008) – A highly detailed mathematical simulation model can help people with undiagnosed diabetes identify whether they likely have the disease and can predict ways for dramatically reducing the costs and complications associated with this now epidemic illness, according to studies being published April 28 in the May issue of Diabetes Care. More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 28, 2008) – With the prevalence of diabetes rapidly increasing, an alarming number of pregnancies are also becoming affected, leading to increased health risks for both the mothers and their unborn children. More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 24, 2008) – The American Diabetes Association (ADA) today announced that Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) has signed on to become a National Strategic Partner of the American Diabetes Association. More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 22, 2008) – Unwilling to sit on the sidelines, thousands of people around the country are standing up to the greatest public health crisis of the next quarter century. More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 17, 2008) – The American Diabetes Association’s The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook: The Whole Food approach to Great Taste and Healthy Eating, by Jackie Newgent, broke through all the stereotypes this week when it won the 2007 Gourmand Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World Award in London, England. Created to increase knowledge of and respect for food and wine culture, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards reward those who “cook with words” and help readers find the best out of the 26,000 food and wine books produced every year. More...
ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 17, 2008) – Pop quiz – which has more calories – a tuna salad sandwich or a roast beef with mustard? You might be surprised to learn the tuna fish salad normally has at least twice the number of calories. But what does this mean for your daily diet? And how many calories a day are you supposed to eat anyway? More...
Alexandria, VA (April 17, 2008) – Leighton Rockafellow, a 26-year-old from Tucson, is backpacking around South America, Asia, and Europe this year. He’s traveling with his fiancée – but also with type 1 diabetes. How does he do it? The May 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast, the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) consumer magazine, features a step-by-step guide to the tricky business of traveling with diabetes, with advice from Rockafellow and a slew of medical experts about what to pack, how to eat, and what to do in an emergency. More...
