Health and Medical Guide to Children and Adolescent Health Juvenile Diabetes Health information topics about Juvenile Diabetes: Alternative Therapy 1. Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies fo National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/alternativetherapies/index.htm Children 1. For Parents & Kids American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids.jsp 2. Diabetes in School Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=102709 3. Handle with Care: How to Throw out Used Insulin Sy Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/househld/hhw/han-care.pdf 4. Helping Your Child Live with Diabetes Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=102392 5. JDRF Kids Online Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International http://kids.jdrf.org/ 6. No Link between Childhood Immunizations and Type 1 Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/diabetes_immunizations.html 7. Do You Know about Diabetes? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/gland/diabetes.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetes Mellitus, Type I National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003922&recruiting... Coping 1. Dealing with Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/living-with-diabetes/emotional... 2. Anger American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/anger.jsp 3. Diabetes: Helping a Family Member Who Has Diabetes American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/353.xml Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Glucose Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/glucose/test.html 2. Diagnosis of Diabetes National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/index.htm 3. A1C Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/a1c/test.html 4. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/oralglu.pdf Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Glossary National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/tcyd/appendix.htm 2. Diabetes Dictionary National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/index.htm Directories 1. Find a Diabetes Educator American Association of Diabetes Educators http://members.aadenet.org/Scriptcontent/map.cfm 2. Directory of Diabetes Organizations National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/resources/organizations.htm Disease Management 1. Your Health Care Team American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/whos-who-on-your-health-care-team/your-health-care-... 2. Your First Visit to a Doctor American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/whos-who-on-your-health-care-team/the-first-visit.j... 3. What I Need to Know about Physical Activity and Di National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/physical_ez/ 4. Slide Show: Pros and Cons of Some Common Insulin D Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00085 5. Slide Show: How to Check Your Blood Sugar Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00062 6. Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Diabetes unde National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_control/index.htm 7. Insulin Pumps American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/insulin-pumps.jsp 8. 5 Things You Should Know Before Pumping American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-forecast/may2004/pump.jsp 9. Alternative Devices for Taking Insulin National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulin/index.htm 10. Insulin and Diabetes: Manage Your Blood Sugar to P Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00010 11. Diabetes: Blood Tests to Help You Manage Your Diab American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/779.xml 12. Diabetes: Flexible Insulin Regimens for People wit American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/481.xml 13. Four Steps to Control Your Diabetes for Life National Diabetes Education Program http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/control/4Steps.htm 14. Getting Good Diabetes Care American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/diabetes-care/getting-good-dia... 15. Glucose Meters & Diabetes Management Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/glucose.html 16. If You Have Diabetes, Know Your Blood Sugar Number National Diabetes Education Program http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/KnowNumbers_Eng.pdf Financial Issues 1. Financial Help for Diabetes Care National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm Genetics 1. Federal/Private Partners Launch Resource for Diabe National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/niddk-28.htm 2. Genes and Disease: Diabetes, Type 1 National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd... 3. Genetics of Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/genetics.jsp Law and Policy 1. Diabetes Screening, Supplies, and Self-Management Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/health/diabetes.asp 2. Your School and Your Rights American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/discrimination/school/s... 3. Traveling with Diabetes Supplies American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/discrimination/public_a... 4. Discrimination Based on Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/discrimination.jsp 5. Health Insurance and Life Insurance for People wit American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/healthcare/insurance.js... Men 1. Diabetes and Men's Sexual Health American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/men-sexual-health.jsp National Institutes of Health 1. Diabetes Overview National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/overview/index.htm 2. Your Guide to Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2 National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/index.htm Newsletters/Print Publications 1. Diabetes Prevention Series National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications/index.htm Organizations 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 2. American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/ 3. CDC's Diabetes Public Health Resource National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ 4. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Internationa http://www.jdrf.org/ 5. National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Diabetes Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/diabetes.html 2. Diabetes: Type 1 American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/480.xml 3. Type 1 Diabetes Facts Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=102585 4. JAMA Patient Page:Type 1 Diabetes American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ65Y0D2MD&sub_... Prevention/Screening 1. GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) Test: An Early S Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00663 Related Issues 1. Diabetes and Vaccines Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/Diabetes/default.htm 2. Depression and Diabetes National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depdiabetes.cfm 3. Aspirin Therapy for People with Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/well-being/aspirin.jsp 4. Alcohol American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/alcohol.jsp 5. Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Teeth and Gum National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_teeth/index.htm 6. Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/main/uedocuments/ADACholesterolPatient.pdf 7. Diabetes Myths American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-myths.jsp 8. Type 1 Diabetes Complications American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/complications.jsp 9. Tips for Emergency Preparedness American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/pre-diabetes/travel/emergency-tips.jsp 10. Stress American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/stress.jsp 11. Skin Complications Arthritis Foundation http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/what-is-diabetes/skin-complica... 12. Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-forecast/may2004/ibs.jsp 13. Ketoacidosis American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/ketoacidosis.jsp 14. Lancing Devices & Sharps Disposal Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/lancing.html 15. Skin Care American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/well-being/skin-care.jsp 16. Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Heart and Blo National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_heart/index.htm 17. Gastroparesis and Diabetes National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gastroparesis/index.htm 18. When You're Sick American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/gestational-diabetes/sick.jsp 19. Flu & Pneumonia Shots American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/flu-pneumonia-shots.jsp 20. Giving a Subcutaneous Injection National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/subq.pdf 21. Diabetic Arthritis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00526 22. Roles & Responsibilities at School American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/for-schools/roles.jsp 23. Diabetic Coma: When Blood Sugar Extremes Aren' Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00022 Research 1. Centers Report Islet Transplant Results in Patient National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niddk-07.htm 2. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/control/index.htm 3. Oral Insulin Does Not Prevent Type 1 Diabetes National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niddk-15.htm 4. TrialNet Launches First Studies in Type 1 Diabetes National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/welcome/releases/06-05-04.htm 5. Researchers Find Diabetes Susceptibility Gene Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=100409 6. Young Adults with Insulin-Treated Diabetes Have El American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007660 7. Pancreatic Islet Transplantation to Treat Type I D Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cber/genetherapy/pancislet.htm 8. Tight Glucose Control in Diabetes Lowers Risk of A National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niddk-04.htm 9. Single-Donor Pancreas Islet Transplantation Proced American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ4U550D5E&sub_... Specific Conditions 1. What Is Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Synd American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/treatment-conditions/hhns.jsp 2. Hyperglycemia American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/hyperglycemia.jsp 3. Hypoglycemia American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/hypoglycemia.jsp Statistics 1. Diabetes Statistics for Youth American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/children.jsp 2. National Diabetes Statistics National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/index.htm Teenagers 1. Teens & Young Adults American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/living-with-diabetes/teens-you... 2. Diabetes in Children and Adolescents National Diabetes Education Program http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm 3. Dealing with Diabetes Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/growth/diabetes.html Treatment 1. Pancreas Transplantation: A Surgical Route to a Be Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00047 2. Islet Cell Transplantation: The Diabetes Treatment Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00046 3. Medicines for People with Diabetes National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/medicines_ez/index.htm Women 1. Diabetes and Women's Sexual Health American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/women-sexual-health.jsp 2. Menopause and Diabetes: A Twin Challenge Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00038 3. 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