 Calculate Your Body Mass
Index (BMI)
Courtesy of
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
From NHLBI: The BMI is a measure of
your weight relative to your height and waist circumference measures abdominal fat.
Combining these with information about your additional risk factors yields your risk for
developing obesity-associated diseases.
Please click on the
following link “Assessing
Your Risk” for additional information.
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 Diabetes
Dictionary/Encyclopedia
Courtesy of
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
MEDLINEplus will direct you to information
to help answer health questions. MEDLINEplus brings together, by health topic,
authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other
government, non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE
searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research
literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and an
illustrated medical encyclopedia.
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Additional Resources/Information Links |
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| Healthfinder® - Your guide to
reliable health information including information about doctors, dentists, public clinics,
hospitals, long term care, nursing homes, health insurance, prescriptions, health fraud,
Medicare, Medicaid, and medical privacy |
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| Healthfinder® – En Espanol
– Informacion sobre diabetes - healthfinder® español contiene fuentes de
información seleccionadas en español que le pueden servir de guía para tomar decisiones
con relación a su salud. Para comenzar su búsqueda, ingrese en el cuadro de búsqueda
anterior el texto que desea investigar o escoja uno de los tema listados a continuación. |
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| Taking
on Diabetes - A joint initiative of the American Association of Health Plans & the
American Diabetes Association - Look for QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS on key topics in diabetes
control and maintenance. (National) |
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| National Kidney Foundation - Mission
Statement of the National Kidney Foundation: The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major
voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve
the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and
increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. |
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| The Joslin Diabetes Center -
Affiliated with Harvard Medical School - Mission of Joslin Diabetes Center is to
improve the lives of people with diabetes and its complications through innovative care,
education and research that will lead to prevention and cure of the disease. Offers
Diabetes News & Information, Patient Services, Professional Education, Research
Information and more. |
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| Diabetes World (Monthly news magazine
with current news on diabetes) - Mission Statement:To provide current and accurate
information on diabetes and its care. Our goal is for all people with diabetes to lead
healthy and fulfilling lives. |
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| Diabetes
Support From Bayer - Helpful tools and information that you can access and print on
such subjects as, types of Diabetes, testing, treatments, complications and more. |
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| The GI Symbol Program Home
Page - A food labelling program that aims to help people make informed food choices. |
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| KeepingWellWithDiabetes.com - Tools such
as KWWD MediReminder can help you manage your diabetes on a day-to-day basis.
A food Look-up tool to find the nutritional value of many of your favorite foods,
based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Menu Planner allows you to
create a personalized menu. You can even print recipe cards and a grocery list, to make
following your meal plan even easier. |
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| Diabetes India.com - The Indian Task
Force on Diabetes Care In India |
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| DiabetesWATCH™ - A service of
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc |
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| IDEA 2000 - An international group of
people with insulin dependent diabetes committed to leading healthy and adventurous lives
and helping diabetics in need. |
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| SugarBytes Inc. - Diabetes information for
Canadians - The mission of SugarBytes Inc. is to provide Canadian based information to
empower individuals with diabetes and their families to: achieve their personal goals in
diabetes self care, broaden relationships with their health care team, develop strategies
which will foster health and wellness throughout their lifetime. |
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| HealthTalk - Connects
patients with people who can answer their questions via interactive Web broadcasts. |
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| Diabetes Exercise &
Sports Association (DESA) - Mission Statement: Diabetes Exercise & Sports
Association (DESA) exists to enhance the quality of life for people with diabetes through
exercise and physical fitness. |
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| Diabetes Caucus
Members - Diabetes Caucus members in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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| ClinicalTrials.gov - Provides
regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in
human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who
may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. |
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| U. S. Food and Drug
Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Your guide to reliable
information about Diabetes and Gastrointestinal Disorders |
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National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
National Institutes of Health - Services from NDDIC include response to inquiries,
publication dissemination, referrals to health professionals, answers to frequently asked
questions from specific medical questions and nutrition information to finding a support
group and more. Information In Spanish (En Espanol) |
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| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service (IHS) - Responsible for providing federal health services to
American Indians and Alaska Natives. |
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| The Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
- A public health program in the California Department of Health Services. They work
to prevent and detect diabetes, improve quality of care, reduce health disparities,
develop and sustain public health policy, and raise awareness. Read personal diabetes
stories and submit your own. |
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Assistance for Free prescription medicines |
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| HelpingPatients.org - A new
interactive Web site by PhRMA and 48 of its member companies. This site was designed to
help you find patient assistance programs for which you may qualify. Information
In Spanish (En
Espanol) |
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| The Medicine Program! -
Organization was established by volunteers dedicated to alleviating the plight of an ever
increasing number of patients who cannot afford their prescription
medication. Programs are available nationwide and are designed to
help people of all ages. |
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