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 | | | | |  | | | November 22, 2007 Greetings JAMES W., this weekly eNewsletter provides you with the latest news, events, and professional education opportunities in the world of diabetes and is brought to you by the American Diabetes Association. Glaxo to Add Avandia Warning GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to place a "black-box" heart-attack warning on the label of its Avandia diabetes drug. The label will note that an analysis indicated the drug was "associated with an increased risk" of ischemic events such as heart attacks, but it also says that the overall data is "not conclusive."
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Racial Disparities in Diabetes Mortality Among Persons Aged 1-19 Years - United States, 1979-2004 Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sought to assess the racial disparities in diabetes death rates among people ages one to 19 years from 1979 to 2004.
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Child Diabetes: New Gene Clues Unveiled as UN Marks World Diabetes Day Scientists at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research reported two additional genetic links to child diabetes on Nov. 14, World Diabetes Day. The risk of type 1 diabetes increases when there are variants in the genes HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1, according to research published in Nature.
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Betting an Estate on Inhaled Insulin MannKind CEO Alfred E. Mann is making a personal investment of approximately $1 billion on an inhalable form of insulin that he claims is superior to injected insulin as well as an inhalable product from Pfizer that failed.
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68th Scientific Sessions June 6-10, 2008
The Moscone Center
San Francisco, California Abstracts Submission The abstracts submission program for the 68th Scientific Sessions is now open. The deadline for submission is January 7, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Please go to scientificsessions.diabetes.org to submit your abstract. If you have any questions related to abstract submissions, please send them to abstracts@diabetes.org.
Scientific Sessions Webcasts
Order the 67th Annual Scientific Sessions Webcasts Collection today. The collection features over 600 presentations from the 67th Scientific Sessions available online, and online with CD-ROM companion. Subject to speaker consent, every session including plenaries, symposia, current issues, and oral abstracts will be covered and available starting just days after the meeting. Sign up for the ADA Scientific Sessions eNewsletter | | | |  | | Professional Education Update American Diabetes Association/Pri-Med
Live CME Programs The American Diabetes Association has teamed up with Pri-Med, a leading provider of live, print and online CME, to present several live CME programs focused on critical issues in diabetes care. Pri-Med Clinical Focus in Diabetes
Risk Assessment and Management of the Diabetes Patient These intensive half-day programs focus on a single topic critical to helping primary care practitioners manage the complex diabetes patient. Participate in case-based learning, engage with expert faculty, and interact with fellow physicians in an intimate group setting at 3-hour clinical focus sessions held in 18 cities across the US. Pri-Med Diabetes in Depth
Cardiometabolic Risk: Evaluation, Education, Prevention, Treatment Attend one of three programs focused on clinically relevant practice- and patient-care issues in diabetes diagnosis and treatment. Spend a full day attending seven evidence and case-based sessions with national experts and networking with colleagues and faculty while exploring the overall indicators of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes... READ MORE >> | | | |  | | Free Online CME Programs – Content Captured Live from 67th Scientific Sessions The American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce the availability of two online CME programs designed for diabetes healthcare professionals and educators. Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic Agents: Determining the Proper Combination
This program includes 13 separate activities that focus on: -
The gap that exists between current oral hypoglycemic and insulin treatment regiments and the attainment of optimal blood glucose levels -
The effectiveness of aggressive treatment regimens in helping patients obtain their desired glycemic goals, especially with the use of innovative therapeutic treatment options now available -
Methods for clinicians and patients to receive the education needed to properly incorporate an aggressive therapeutic regimen into a daily diabetes care plan. Progressive Approaches in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Indications and Innovations
This program includes ten separate activities that focus on: -
The gap in current treatments of type 2 diabetes -
Present and future therapies to correct incretin abnormalities -
Research studies involving agents that are members of these innovative drug classes -
The potential role of these innovative agents in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes Continuing education credits available for physicians, podiatric physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, diabetes educators, and other health care professionals Available October 19, 2007 through October 19, 2008 at
www.DiabetesConnect.org
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55th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course
February 1-3, 2008
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
San Francisco, California REGISTRATION & HOUSING NOW OPEN! Join your colleagues and the world’s leading experts in San Francisco for cutting-edge clinical research in diabetes treatment and management. The 55th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course offers the latest advances in diabetes management in general sessions and Meet the Experts (MTE) sessions. The general sessions and workshops will include: - the latest information on the management of diabetes and its complications
- practical tips and proven strategies for improving patient care
- translation of the latest diabetes research into clinical practice
REGISTER NOW at www.wynjade.com/adapg08/index.cfm for the best selection of MTEs. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco for what promises to be an exciting and rewarding educational experience.
| | | | | | Multimedia/Distance Learning Insulin Administration in the Hospital The live broadcast is now available as a webcast. Free continuing education credit is available for physicians, family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and dietitians... VIEW WEBCAST >>
Archived Webcast Series:
“Managing Diabetes & its Comorbidities 2006” In June 2006, the American Diabetes Association presented a series of distance learning activities specifically designed for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and pharmacists. Focusing on Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension, each activity featured a slide presentation followed by an interactive question-and-answer session. If you missed these live events, you can still see them archived on our Web site. These archived webcasts can be accessed for free and continuing education credit is available. Prevention & Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in the Diabetes Patient consisted of two separate sessions: 53rd Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course Webcasts Now Available Advanced Glycation End Products and Diabetic Complications: Insights into New Mechanisms and New Therapeutic Targets | | | | | | | Subscription Management Center This eNewsletter is a service of the American Diabetes Association. Some of the articles in Diabetes World are generated from wire service stories only and not by the American Diabetes Association. To ensure proper delivery of this eNewsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add news@diabetes.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. In addition to Diabetes World, we also offer no charge subscriptions to our eNewsletters on topics such as Book News, Advocacy, Volunteering, and Parents of Children with Diabetes. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, need to change your email addesss or want to view our available eNewsletter subscriptions, please select from the options below: View all available eNewsletters
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