Links:

American Association of Diabetes Educators
100 West Monroe St., Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60603
800.338.3633
www.aadenet.org
The American Association of Diabetes Educators is made up of doctors, nurses, dietitians and other health care professionals with special interest and training in diabetes care. It can supply the names of these types of health professionals in your area.

American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311
800.342.2383
www.diabetes.org
Founded in 1940 by a group of physicians, the American Diabetes Association is our nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Almost every state has a local office. The ADA sets the standards for the care of people with diabetes Its focus is on research for the prevention and treatment of all types of diabetes. ADA provides patient and professional education mainly through its publications, which includes the monthly magazine Diabetes Forecast, books, brochures, cookbooks and meal planning guides, and pamphlets. It provides information for parents about caring for a child with diabetes.

Children With Diabetes
5689 Chancery Place
Hamilton, OH 45011
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
The mission of Children With Diabetes is to promote understanding of the care and treatment of diabetes, especially in children; to increase awareness of the need for unrestricted diabetes care for children at school and daycare; to support families living with diabetes; and to promote understanding of research into a cure.

The Iacocca Foundation
17 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.267.7747
www.iacoccafoundation.org
The Iacocca Foundation was founded in 1984 by Lee Iacocca in memory of his late wife, Mary Iacocca, who died of complications from diabetes in 1983. Their primary purpose is to fund innovative and promising diabetes research programs and projects that will lead to a cure for the disease and alleviate complications caused by it.

Joslin Diabetes Center
One Joslin Place
Boston, MA 02215
617.732.2400
www.joslin.org
Established in 1898, Joslin Diabetes Center is an internationally recognized diabetes treatment, research and educational institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Joslin is a not for profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and improving the lives of people with diabetes through its cutting edge clinical research, patient care programs for children and adults, and through programs and publications that improve the care of diabetes worldwide.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
800.533.2873
www.jdrf.org
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation mission is to find a cure for diabetes and it's complications through research. JDRF is the world's largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. JDRF was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with Type 1 diabetes. The organization's focus is on research for the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes.

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892
800.860.8747
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NDIC was established in 1978 to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health care professionals, and the general public. To carry out this mission, NDIC works closely with numerous organizations.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
301.496.4000
www.nih.gov
The National Institutes of Health is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They are the stewards of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. Simply described, the goal of the NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.