We all must stay abreast of information about diabetes to keep the feet of our diabetic patients in working order. Through the use of the World Wide Web information is readily and rapidly available for both physicians and patients. The support of a patient s family is important to the individual with diabetes. Besides the information contained in your office handouts, physicians may also lead the patient and their family to authoritative websites that contain information about diabetes. This site contains news and information on breaking research and current legislation that affects diabetics, a summary of research sponsored by the ADA and a members only page with links to the text of many of their professional and lay journals.
Abstracts are available to non-members.
There are several sources on the web for children with diabetes. This site is the best one available for children and their parents. They also have an e-mail pen pal page for children with diabetes. This comprehensive area contains medical news and alerts, links to general articles on diabetes, and voluminous links to other sites. This is a great place to begin your exploration of diabetes on the Internet.