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Welcome to Diabetes E-News Now!, the electronic newsletter of the
American Diabetes Association. You are receiving this newsletter because you have been active on the http://www.diabetes.org Web site. If you experience any difficulty accessing the news articles, they are also available in the "News" area on our website at: http://www.diabetes.org/News/default.asp 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=Geoff.Storey@enron.com ***** A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR********* This newsletter is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from DNA Sciences, Inc., a genetics discovery company focused on developing new diagnostics and treatments. DNA Sciences recruits volunteers to participate in the Gene Trust Project (sm), a study of the links between genetics and diseases like Type 2 diabetes. Visit DNA Sciences website at http://www.dna.com/home/home.jsp?site=dna&;link=Home.htm&cid=ADA. ***************************************** = = = THIS ISSUE INCLUDES: 1. Western Diet Linked to Diabetes in Native Americans 2. Team Diabetes Runner Sets Inspiring Example 3. Diabetes School Care Act Nears Passage in Oklahoma 4. New Guidelines Call for More Aggressive Cholesterol Treatment 5. Let the Bidding Begin! 6. A Message from WebMD 7. Cooking with the Diabetic Chef 8. Diabetes Forecast Live! 1. Western Diet Linked to Diabetes in Native Americans For the Pima Indians of Arizona, diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. About 50% of Pima adults between the ages of 30 and 64 have diabetes, giving this community the highest rate of type 2 diabetes in the world. A recent study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care shows that Pima Indians who have adopted a Western diet high in simple carbohydrates and low in vegetable protein and fiber are three times more likely to develop diabetes over six years than their counterparts who eat a more traditional diet rich in fresh produce and whole grains. For more information on this story, click on the following link: http://www.diabetes.org/enews/051701_Western.asp 2. Team Diabetes Runner Sets Inspiring Example A 54-year-old endocrinologist and nephrologist, who admits to being far from a world-class athlete, has turned his passion for helping people with diabetes into a drive to compete in marathons and raise money for the American Diabetes Association. For more information on this story, click on the following link: http://www.diabetes.org/enews/051701_Runner.asp 3. Diabetes School Care Act Nears Passage in Oklahoma Children with diabetes must meet the daily challenge of managing healthy blood sugar levels while attending school. Unfortunately, many schools lack personnel who are trained to recognize the warning signs of low and high blood sugar levels and to help when children with diabetes experience problems. The Diabetes School Care Act provides for proper training of school personnel to increase their awareness of diabetes and its symptoms, and calls for specific actions personnel should take in during diabetes-related emergencies. The bill has passed both houses and currently awaits final committee edits before the legislature will send it to the governor's desk. For more information on this story, click on the following link: http://www.diabetes.org/enews/051701_School.asp 4. 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 5. 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/ 6. A Message from WebMD If you have diabetes, the health information you rely on must be both current and correct. That's why so many people with diabetes trust the physician-reviewed information in WebMD's Diabetes Condition Center. For more information, click on the following link: http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.94.2.97735 7. Cooking with the Diabetic Chef Introducing the first cookbook ever written for people with diabetes by a chef with diabetes! Chris Smith is living proof you can eat the foods you love and live healthy with diabetes. Pizza, chocolate, butter, burritos, sausage, veal roast, stir fry - there's virtually nothing you can't have and it all tastes great! For more information or to order this book, click on the following link: http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.94.1.97735 8. Diabetes Forecast 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. Access Diabetes Forecast Live! via ADA's homepage: http://www.diabetes.org ************** A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR****************** This newsletter is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from DNA Sciences, Inc., a genetics discovery company focused on developing new diagnostics and treatments. DNA Sciences recruits volunteers to participate in the Gene Trust Project (sm), a study of the links between genetics and diseases like Type 2 diabetes. Visit DNA Sciences website at http://www.dna.com/home/home.jsp?site=dna&;link=Home.htm&cid=ADA. *********************************************************** ______________________________________ 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. This e-mail newsletter is sent to you free from the American Diabetes Association. 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