Diabetes

INTERNET RESOURCES FOR DIABETES

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More than 14 million people in the United States have diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed). It is the leading cause of blindness and renal failure, as well. More statistics can be cited but it it clear that the Internet is an ideal forum for the dissemination of information, both scientific and personal in order to help ameliorate the damage this disease can produce if left unchecked. The following home page hopes to furnish a starting point concerning issues having to do with diabetes.

RESOURCES

MAILING LISTS

Several mailing lists exist which are taylored for discussion and dissemination of information for the diabetic. The few that were found are as follows:

Send email to listserv@Lehigh.EDU and subscribe with the message: subscribe diabetic (firstname lastname).

Send email to listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie with the message: subscribe diabetes

Send email to listserv@netcom.com with the message: subscibe type_one name@address. This list primarily deals with Type One, insulin dependent diabetics.

Usenet newsgroups and other ftp and gopher sites:

Newsgroups

  • misc.health.diabetes
  • alt.support.diabetes.kids

    ftp Site

  • ftp://ftp.lehigh.edu/pub/listserv/diabetic/

    Gopher Sites

  • gopher://indija.idb.hr/11/eng/lokalni-info
  • gopher://drinet.med.miami.edu/1

    In addition, the following other sources of information may be helpful:

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