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Centers for
Disease Control - Diabetes Home Page (CDC)
Their purpose is to
promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease,
injury, and disability. The site contains diabetes facts and
statistics.
Children
with Diabetes
is an information and community forum for
children, families and adults living with type 1 diabetes. The site also
has educational resources.
Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
The page contains information on
CLIA 1988 law and lists waived tests.
Diabetes In
Control
News and information for medical professionals.
International Diabetes
Federation (IDF)
is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
having relationships with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO). The IDF is the only global advocate
for people with diabetes and their healthcare providers.
Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation (JDRF)
The mission of the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation International is to find a cure for diabetes and its
complications through the support of research.
National Diabetes
Education Program (NDEP)
is a federally sponsored initiative
to improve treatment and outcomes, to promote early diagnosis, and
ultimately to prevent the onset of diabetes.
National
Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP)
The purpose of
the NGSP is to standardize glycohemoglobin test results so that clinical
laboratory results are comparable to those reported in the Diabetes
Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) where relationships to mean blood
glucose and risk for vascular complications have been established. |
