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Learn the symptoms of diabetes,  how it can affect one's life and  how to live with it.

Use the links below to learn more about organizations which deal specifically with this disease.  Many of the sites offer information on nutrition and exercise.  Manufacturers of medication & drugs offer you an opportunity to learn more of how science is dealing with this silent disease.

Government Web Sites  
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
Centers for Disease Control 
Healthfinder Web Site
Pubmed Search Service of the National Library of Medicine

Non-Government site for searching the National Library: 
MedFetch 
An excellent site for creating repeated searches on a topic like diabetes over time. The information arrives by e-mail.  

Sites for the Visually Impaired:
American Foundation for the Blind 
Blindness Resource Center 
Diabetes Division of the National Federation of the Blind 
Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation 

Diabetic Newsletters:
The Diabetic Newsletter
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution

Companies that make diabetic products: 

Glucose meters
Abbott Laboratories  
Bayer 
Home Diagnostics Inc. 
LifeScan 
Roche 

Lancing devices
Owen Mumford 

Insulin Pumps
MiniMed Technologies  
Disetronic Holding AG

Insulin
Eli Lilly and Company
Novo Nordisk

Insulin Syringes
Becton Dickinson and Company

Insulin Jet Injection Devices
Activa Brand Products 
Bioject, Inc  
Medi-Ject Corporation 
Vitajet Corp

Manufacturers of Oral Medications
Bristol-Myers Squibb-Glucophage
Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc.-Amaryl
Parke-Davis-Rezulin
Pfizer Inc.- Glucotrol
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.-Micronase and Glynase and Glyset 
SmithKline Beecham-Avandia 

Diabetes Information in Other Languages:
French  
German 
Italian 
Korean 
Russian 
Spanish