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Diabetes - the term diabetes can mean one of two quite different diseases which usually involve excessive urination (polyuria) when untreated:

• the more common "sugar diabetes", diabetes mellitus where the amount of sugar in the blood is excessive; forms include type 1 (almost synonymous with juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes), type 2 (almost synonymous with adult-onset or non-insulin-dependent diabetes) and gestational diabetes (during pregnancy) as well as many other types of nontransient hyperglycemia
  
• or the less common "water diabetes", diabetes insipidus, where the body is incapable of concentrating urine, leading to increased urine production, fluid loss and thirst.

The meanings of the descriptors mellitus and insipidus refer to the tastes of the urine in the two conditions (sweet and tasteless respectively) and date back to the days of gustatory urinalysis ("pisse prophecy"). In common modern usage, "diabetes" without the descriptor always (revisor is wary of "always" but has never heard or read an exception) refers to diabetes mellitus. The current medical shorthand term for diabetes insipidus is "D.I."

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Diabetes Type 1 and 2, information and symptoms

Reality Check - An Australian site dedicated to, and run by, young adults with diabetes. Features information, advice, personal stories, and an open forum.

About Diabetes Resources - Resources for diabetes patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Includes original feature articles, diabetes forum, chat, and evaluated link library.

American Diabetes Association - A comprehensive resource for diabetes education, news, research, and advocacy information.

AskMen.com - Diabetes - Information on diabetes and how it affects men.

AtDiabetes - Offers a Medline search form, newsletter, and forums.

BBC Online: The Diabetes Guide - Causes and symptoms of diabetes and learning how to live with this chronic illness. Includes contact information for international diabetes organizations.

CureNow - An online diabetes magazine dedicated to finding a cure. Includes tips on advocacy, articles on important issues, and interviews.

DiabetEASE - On-Line Diabetes Management Tool - An advanced web-based diabetic health monitoring system which is designed specifically to track and trend your daily blood glucose levels. Registration required.

Diabetes - Information from the UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, USA.

Diabetes - medcohealth.com - Research diabetes or browse detailed drug information. Features include interactive tools and related news.

Diabetes - OnlineMedInfo - Medical information for patients as well as physicians.

Diabetes and Health - Provides basic diabetes-related information to healthcare consumers. Sponsored by pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis.

Diabetes Chart - This chart converts HbA1c test results to their equivalent blood glucose readings.

Diabetes Dictionary - Prepared by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this dictionary of terms defines words that are often used when talking or writing about this disease.

Diabetes Education - Basic diabetes information and guidelines for the care and management of this disease.

Diabetes Education Network - Connecting persons with diabetes to leading medical specialists and other persons like themselves. An informational site for this disease.

Diabetes for Adults (Type 2) - General diabetes information and a forum for people with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes for Professionals - Information, education, and support for health care professionals in the diabetes field, from pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk.

Diabetes from Ladies Home Journal - Read this helpful information to help you learn more about type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes and methods of treatment for each type.

Diabetes Guidelines - The official guidelines for treatment of diabetes from the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF).

Diabetes Handbook - A description of the different types and brands of insulin used in diabetes treatment, from the University of Massachusetts.

Diabetes Home - Information for diabetics and their families on symptoms, medicines, insulin and other treatments, diet and exercise and the latest research.

Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition - Compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United States.

Diabetes in India - Diabetes complications are the cause of tremendous socioeconomic problems.

Diabetes Information - Novo Nordisk - Patient information site about diabetes. News, research, recipes and devices.

Diabetes Insight - Information for people in the UK to assist them in the management and control of their diabetes.

Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation - Diabetes Institute For Immunology and Transplantation University of Minnesota clinical trial registration islet transplatation for insulin dependence.

Diabetes Interview World - Sample article from the print magazine, email newsletter, and subscription form for the print version.

Diabetes News - Topix.net - News on diabetes collected from diverse sources on the web.

Diabetes Professional Information - Physician-oriented information about diabetes, including a brief summary of the condition and details of scientific meetings. Provided by Aventis.

Diabetes Resource Center on Healingwell.com - Comprehensive guide to resources on diabetes, including medical news, articles and information, message boards, books, and links to related sites.

Diabetes Risk Test - ADA offers a resource for signs, symptoms, factors, and diabetic risks.

Diabetes Symptoms Resource - Provides information on the symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. From Accu-Chek and Roche Diagnostics.

Diabetes Tool Box - Diabetes information and free tools about diabetes mellitus, signs/symptoms, activities for children, health calculators, drug information and other free resources for diabetic lifestyle management.

Diabetes Watch - Information about diabetes including treatment, medication, management, prevention, high blood sugar, and low blood sugar from pharmaceutical manufacturer Aventis. Free registration required.

DiabetesPortal.com - A community for people with diabetes including: live chat and interviews, shopping, and comprehensive and current information on the latest treatments, research and day-to-day care.

The Diabetic News - Articles on recent developments in diabetes related health, research, and treatment. Free subscription to newsletter.

Diabetic-Help - Offers information about diabetes and related topics. Information is bilingual, English and Spanish.

DiabetoValens.com-The Diabetes Guide - Information on diabetes for health care professionals and patients.

eMedicine Health - Diabetes - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of diabetes and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Exercise and Foot Care in Diabetes - News, website reviews, and specific information relating to the management of diabetic complications with foot care and exercise (along with diet +/- medications).

General Practice Notebook - Diabetes mellitus - Clinically-oriented information on the different types of diabetes.

Genetic Types of Diabetes - Information for patients and professionals on genes and diabetes, particularly regarding Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), renal cysts and diabetes and type 2 research.

GlucoControl - This site offers free GlucoControl PDA software for tracking blood glucose levels.

GlucoWeb - Contains diabetic information, allows users to track blood glucose tests, carbohydrates, fat, blood pressure, and exercise. Supports upload information from certain blood glucose meters.

Guidelines at Sheffield - National clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes (UK).

Health Jar Educational Series - General facts about diabetes, symptoms, prevention, treatments, exercise, drugs and herbals.

Health Talk Interactive - Features live webcasts of interviews with diabetes experts and famous people living with diabetes.

HealthAtoZ - Type 1 Diabetes - Personalized diary tracks blood sugar, medications, exercise and other health management tools. Plus, articles on research, a recipe exchange, risk assessment and related conditions.

HealthAtoZ: Type 2 Diabetes - Personalized diary tracks blood sugar, medications, exercise and other health management tools. Plus, articles on research, a recipe exchange, risk assessment, and related conditions.

HowStuffWorks: How Diabetes Works - Fully-illustrated tutorial looks at how your body handles glucose. Shows what insulin is and what it does, how the lack of it affects your body, how the disease is currently treated and what future treatments are in store for diabetics.

Information About Diabetes - Information on diabetes, diabetic medication and diet

Insulin Pumpers - Insulin Pumpers provides information and support for adults and children with diabetes and their families interested in insulin pump therapy.

InteliHealth: Diabetes - Information on treatment, medication, diet, insulin, foot ulcers and alternative therapies as well as free diabetes e-card, online diary and Ask The Experts -reviewed by Harvard Medical School.

Joslin Diabetes Center - An affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has diabetes treatment facilities nationwide. Includes information on research and research volunteer opportunities, recent diabetes news, a user-friendly diabetes library, online classes, and online discussion groups.

Life with Diabetes - Diabetes symptoms differ slightly among types, but Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes require different treatments. Insulin, diabetic diets, and blood glucose levels are explained.

Lifeclinic Diabetes Channel - A comprehensive resource for information on diabetic symptoms, hypoglycemia, diabetic diet, treatment options, chart records blood glucose and other vital medical information.

Lifetoolz - Australian site records and graphs daily diabetes data and features the latest news about diabetes.

Living with Type One Diabetes - Offers information about this disease and a forum.

MamasHealth Diabetes Information - Basic information about diabetes and treatment techniques.

MedicineNet Focus on Diabetes - Medical information about diabetes therapies, complications, research, and treatment edited by a physician.

Novo Nordisk- Keeping Well With Diabetes - Basic facts about diabetes, information on nutrition, exercise, medication, online newsletters, a new program for insulin users and home educational tools to help control diabetes.

Practical Guide to Diabetes - Assisting people with diabetes to understand and manage their condition

Roche Diabetes-Care Canada - This Roche Diagnostics site offers self-monitoring tools, information, and resources for managing diabetes.

WorldWIDE - the Worldwide Initiative for Diabetes Education - Encouraging and promoting better management and care of people with diabetes through enhancing professional education.

Gestational diabetes

About Gestational Diabetes: Diabetes in Pregnancy - Diabetes that develops during pregnancy can be serious for both mother and child. Explore these resources to find out more about the diagnosis and treatment of gestational diabetes.

ADA Guidelines for Gestational Diabetes - Clinical practice recommendations for gestational diabetes from the American Diabetes Association. Includes detailed information on diagnosis.

Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society - Features professional body established to advance clinical and scientific knowledge of diabetes in pregnancy. Provides meeting schedule, leadership contacts, and overview of goals.

Diabetes and Pregnancy Guide - Guide on gestational diabetes, preconception planning, and various issues during pregnancy for people with diabetes.

Diabetes in Pregnancy - Gestational diabetes, causes, symptoms, and treatment. Includes information on existing diabetes in pregnancy.

Diabetes Type 2 & Pregnancy Tutorial - A before, during, and after pregnancy self-care guide for women with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetic Mommy Online Magazine - Online magazine for women with gestational, type 1, or type 2 diabetes. Articles and resources cover preconception, pregnancy, lactation, and motherhood.

Gestational Diabetes: Postpartum Care and Concerns - A discussion of what women who have gestational diabetes in pregnancy need to be aware of after the birth of their child. Includes information on c-section aftercare and follow up glucose screening.

Jelly Bean Alternatives for Glucose Testing - Describes an alternative to glucola for gestational diabetes testing.

Learn About Gestational Diabetes - What is Gestational Diabetes? Find out here!

New Recommendations for Gestational Diabetes Testing - An overview of new ACOG recommendations for gestational diabetes screening. Includes information on risk factors and treatment of GDM.

The Pregnancy Clinic at Joslin Diabetes Center - The Pregnancy Clinic is a collaborative effort of the Joslin Clinic's medical staff and high-risk maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Understanding Gestational Diabetes - Diet and Weight Gain - Mainly devoted to diet and weight gain in pregnancy. A good overview includes dietary advice and health tips.

Diabetes diets and recipes

RecipeSource Diabetic Recipes   - A large collection, split into multiple pages for quick downloads, and indexed by subcategories.

Allrecipes.com - A collection of recipes with metric and U.S. Standard measurements included. May of the recipes have viewer ratings.

American Diabetes Association - Provides recipes plus information on diabetes. Eating out, a virtual grocery tour, exchange lists, and sweeteners.

Aunt Runner's Diabetic Recipes - With nutritional and food exchange values provided. Links to herbs and spices, cooking tips, and measurement equivalents.

BHG Recipe center - Offers selections from appetizers through desserts. Also includes links to other diabetic recipes.

Birthday Cake - How to have a cake and stay within the necessary meal allowances. Links to other home and family information.

Children With Diabetes - Many recipes for children, or anyone, who must curtail sugar consumption. Other diabetic information links are included.

CooksRecipes.com - Includes nutritional information and food exchanges, cooking charts and tips, and a cooking dictionary of culinary terms.

Daily Diabetic Recipe - Subscription is free, and a new recipe is e-mailed every day. Offers links to other diabetic information.

Diabetes Action - Offers tips on sugar and carbohydrate, plus a new recipe added every week, and comprehensive diabetic articles.

Diabetes Cyber Kitchen - A selection of diabetic recipes collated into meal menus.

Diabetes, Inc. - A selection of recipes, all presented in PDF format for easy printing. Includes other diet and menu links.

Diabetes Self Management - Compilation of recipes from the magazine. Offers informative articles, definitions, and diabetic resources.

Diabetic Desserts - Offers recipes for cookies, cake, pie, muffins, pudding, and strawberry jam, with links to other diabetic resources.

Diabetic Diet Recipes - Provides information on diabetic nutrition and diabetic diet principles. Includes a collection of diabetic recipes.

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine - A recipe archive plus features, news, updates, and other timely information.

Diabetic Lifestyle - Recipes, plus information and links to diabetic resources, health, and cooking tips.

The Diabetic Newsletter - Newsletter is free, and is issued every other Monday. Sign up to receive recipes, articles, news, and trivia.

Diabetic Recipe Resources - Recipe and food preparation information from About.com. Links to other food articles and types of recipes are included.

Diabetic Recipes - Find recipes, a diabetes diet guide that includes several national restaurant chains, and links to other related resources.

Diabetic Recipes - A large selection, browse by recipe or by menu. Offers menus for every occasion from casual family meals to parties and holidays.

Diabetic Recipes - Offers recipes and a diabetic question and answer forum, plus links to a large number of diabetic information and recipe sites.

Diabetic Seniors.com - Offers recipes, Medicare/government information, senior health articles, and a monthly newsletter.

Equal - Seasonal Recipes - Recipes suitable for the current time of year, each using an artificial sweetener. A recipe search, kitchen tips, and a jams and jellies list.

Healthy Diabetic Recipes - A collection of recipes suitable for diabetics. Includes search facility.

Healthy Eating and Lifestyle - Includes recipes for main courses, appetizers, breads, and desserts for diabetics.

Hidden Treasures - A group of recipes from Fabulous Foods. Also offers links to more recipes, newsletters, and antique greeting cards.

Hill Health Recipes - Recipes by region or season. Also offers healthy heart recipes, links to medical resources, and an A to Z medical topics directory.

Hints for Diabetic Cooking - Offers information and charts on food exchanges, and artificial sweetener-sugar equivalents, including one for Dairy Queen.

Information About Diabetes:Diabetic Recipes - Diabetic Recipe collection. Site includes information on diabetes, diabetic nutrition and medication.

Jeanine's Sugar-Free Recipes - Some use artificial sweetener, some do not. Also provides links to sweetener free recipes, recipe comments, and a nutrition center.

Jell-O Recipes - Desserts and snacks made from sugar-free gelatin. also a list of Kraft cheese recipes, and links to other Kraft recipes.

Judy's Diabetic Recipes - A list of low sugar and sugar free desserts that include carbohydrate and food exchange values. Recipes are in a printable format.

K Young's Recipe Collection - A collection of dessert recipes. Links to Mellon's School of Computer Science educational programs and research.

Life clinic Diabetic Cookbook - With nutritional information and diet planning tools. Information on diabetic basics, glucose control, and latest developments.

Nancy's Kitchen - Offers recipes, a free recipe club, kitchen humor, cookbooks, a newsletter, free greeting cards, and recipe software.

Passover Seder Recipes - Kosher recipes for the diabetic. Links to health updates, entertaining, cooking tips, and a diabetic supply center.

Pastry Wiz - Includes some sugar free recipes and some with artificial sweetener added. Offers sugar substitution charts and a recipe search.

Quaker Oats Kitchen - Low sugar, low fat recipes suitable for diabetics. Links to baking bloopers, the Quaker kitchen, baking classes, and the Quaker archives.

Real Food for Real People - Barbecued chicken, and a sweet and sour chicken salad. Offers links to FAQs, free offers, and recipe collections.

Recipe Goldmine - Diabetic - Diabetic recipe collection listing nutritional information and diabetic exchanges.

Recipe Ideas: Diabetic Recipes - A collection of diabetic recipes, part of a large collection of categorized recipes.

Recipes 4U : Diabetic Recipes - Diabetic recipe section of large recipe collection sorted by category.

Sin Free Eats - Low sugar and sugar free recipes, plus links are offered to exercise and weight loss information and tips.

Sugar-free Recipe Cards - A selection of diabetic recipes that can also be sent as email greeting cards. Each recipe has a basic outline of its ingredients in recipe list.

Suite 101 - Diabetic - Recipes with user-submitted ratings, plus related topics. Offers resources pertaining to diabetes, plus links to other types of information.

Sweet N Low - Sugar-free recipes using this artificial sweetener, with links to comments, history, and a store locater.

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Conference Recipes - Recipes for foods served at the Tcoyd 2001 San Diego Conference, and at the 2002 Seattle Conference.

Vegetarian Society - Offers some recipes, and discusses benefits of a vegetarian diet for diabetics. Articles by people who have diabetes are included.

Velma's Links - Offering many links for diabetic information resources including recipes, articles, and cooking for the diabetic.

The Webb Cooks - A twice monthly article on cooking and nutrition plus links to all back articles and information, including recipes.

yumINDIA.com: Diabetic - Provides a list of recipes suitable for a diabetic diet, and offers guidelines for healthy eating. Also has links to a virtual store.

Juvenile - children's diabetes

Children with Diabetes - An online community for kids, families, and adults with diabetes, featuring message boards, chat rooms, and questions/answers from medical professionals.

JDRF Kids Online - Features basic information about the condition and latest researches. Also offers a forum area in which users share their care ideas and helps users make connection with a pen pal.

BrainPOP Educational Animations - Animated movies, comic strips, activity pages for kids with diabetes.

Center for Disease Control - A review of current knowledge of type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents in North America to assess the magnitude of the disease and its public health importance.

A Child with Diabetes Is In Your Care - A seven-part series which profiles four families coping with juvenile diabetes.

Children and Teens with Diabetes - Lifeclinic - Information about diabetic issues that affect children and teens.

Children Have Rights in School - Information about the rights and care of diabetic children while in school.

Diabetes Education Network - Interactive webcasts of interviews and discussions on various issues surrounding families with children with the disease.

Diabetes Explained - Offers tutorial, general information, links, and chat room. Author happy to hear from people with the condition.

Diabetes or Just Normal Thirst? - A question and answer article that discusses whether or not excessive thirst in children is a sign of diabetes.

Hannah's Diabetes Page - A 9 1/2 year old describes life with this disease; links to information, and one link to a page full of the authors other interests.

JD Aire Urbaine - Children of the "Urban Area" in France talk about type 1 diabetes. Content in English and French. Chat room available.

The Juvenile Diabetes Forum at Med Help - Interactive medical question and answer format about all aspects of juvenile diabetes (type 1 diabetes). Patient questions are replied to by online volunteers from the Juvenile Diabates Research Foundation.

Kids R Pumping - Dedicated to people sharing their experiences with children using insulin pump therapy to manage their diabetes. Helpful hints, testimonials from medical professionals, parents and children using insulin pumps.

Kids with Diabetes in School Package - Resource package for teachers, care providers, and parents. Includes knowledge test, checklists, and most frequently asked questions.

Kidsdiabetes.co.uk - Help and advice for diabetic children and parents of kids with diabetes,useful tips on recipes, advice from parents, blood sugar level monitoring, insulin and diet advice.

Learn About Type 1 Diabetes - Provides information about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and management of type 1 diabetes and juvenile diabetes.

Nottingham Parents of Children with Diabetes - Organizes activities such as swimming, bowling, cycling, laser quest. Offers support for children with this condition and their parents in the Nottingham area.

Obesity-Linked Diabetes Rising in Children - USDA information on relationship between obesity and juvenile diabetes.

Overcoming Juvenile Diabetes With a Little Planning and High-Tech Tools - FDA Consumer article discusses the challenges of being a teen with diabetes, the importance of insulin, and future treatments.

Parent's Guide - Diabetes - HELP program - Information about childhood diabetes for parents.

PumpKids.com - For parents of children who are on an insulin pump, or who are considering this form of diabetes therapy. Includes discussion system, carb counter, general info, and diabetes trivia.

Researchers Recommend Testing Diabetic Children for Celiac Disease - As a result of their recent study, a group of Medical College of Wisconsin researchers are recommending that children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) be tested for celiac disease.

Vaccine Safety - Some common childhood immunizations may contribute to diabetes and other chronic illnesses in later life.