Diabetes Dateline Summer 2010

Summer 2010
CONTENTS

Intensive Blood Pressure and Combination Lipid Therapies Do Not Reduce Combined Cardiovascular Events in Adults with Diabetes

New Analysis of Data from the ACCORD Blood Glucose Trial

A1C Test Recommended for Diagnosis of Diabetes

Newly Identified Genes Influence Insulin and Glucose Regulation

NIH Launches Program to Develop Innovative Approaches to Combat Obesity

NIH and FDA Announce Partnership to Speed New Treatments to Patients

Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee Focuses on Comparative Effectiveness Research at April 2010 Meeting

NIDDK Celebrates 60 Years of Research to Improve Health

NIDDK Information Products Receive 14 Plain Language Awards

NIDDK Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

NIDDK Publication Highlights Research Advances

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NDEP Offers New Resource to Support Behavior Change

New NDEP Resource Helps with Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care

Additional Resources

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Diabetes Dateline
Summer 2010

NIDDK Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Photograph of G. Marius Clore, M.D., Ph.D.

G. Marius Clore, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases� Protein Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Section, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each year the Academy, founded in 1780, elects a class of men and women of exceptional achievement in science, scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts to conduct projects and studies responsive to society�s needs and problems. Visit www.amacad.org to learn more about the Academy.

NIH Publication No. 10–4562
August 2010