How to Find Government Information About Diabetes

If you're like many people searching for information about Diabetes, you're probably well aware of the fact that there are millions of Web pages that contain information about the condition. Some Web pages contain more scientific information than others, therefore providing a more unbiased and scientific account of the disease, its symptoms, treatment and more. However, finding these unbiased pages can be a challenge.

That's one of the reasons that TypeFree - an online community for individuals with Diabetes and their loved ones - has developed a list of some of the most helpful and popular government resources for information about Diabetes and other conditions impacting millions of Americans. Here's the link to that list.

Here are a few of those resources that you may find helpful (and perhaps unexpected):

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - The FDA is important for people with Diabetes (and for all people) because it is the government body that regulates food, beverages, and medications. Because of this organization, you can be sure that the food labels on all of the food you consume are accurate. As such, you can have an easier time monitoring just how much sugar you consume on a daily basis and with meals.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - Everyone who has Diabetes needs to treat it in some way. Most people treat their Diabetes with drugs such as Metformin and insulin. However, there are alternative methods and medicines that may help as well. The NCCAM leads the way in researching alternative medicines and healing practices that may benefit Diabetics either as their main courses of treatment or as complementary courses of treatment.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - The CDC is the governing body that is dedicating to containing information about and to further researching diseases and conditions that impact Americans. The stated mission of the CDC with regards to Diabetes is: To reduce the burden of Diabetes in the United States by planning, conducting, coordinating, and evaluating Federal efforts to translate promising results of Diabetes research into widespread clinical and public health practice.

Weight-control Information Network (WIN) - Many Diabetics are challenged to reduce their body fat in order to improve their health. WIN is in place in order to provide individuals with education and resources that can help them to lose weight in a healthy manner so that they can improve their quality of life and minimize the impact of Diabetes on their bodies.

Resources:

http://imtypefree.com/taxonomy/term/315

http://nccam.nih.gov/

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes

http://win.niddk.nih.gov/notes/index.htm