NIDDK Releases New Awareness & Prevention
Series for Community Health Events
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) today announced the release of new health information to
raise awareness about diabetes, digestive diseases, and kidney
and urologic diseases among people not yet diagnosed with these
illnesses. The NIDDK developed the Awareness and Prevention Series
for community health fairs, workplace health forums, family reunions,
and other similar events. NIDDK is one of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH).
The Awareness and Prevention Series publications are each two-page
fact sheets — one side in English and the other in Spanish — on
a wide range of health topics, including bladder control, celiac
disease, foodborne illness, irritable bowel syndrome, pre-diabetes,
preventing diabetes complications, urinary tract infections, and
many others. Each fact sheet gives readers a snapshot of an illness,
highlighting risk factors, symptoms, prevention tips, and where
to go for more information.
"The series is designed to encourage readers to ask 'Could
this be me or someone I care for?'" said Kathy Kranzfelder,
director of the NIDDK Information Clearinghouses, which disseminate
information about diabetes, digestive diseases, and kidney and
urologic diseases to patients, health care professionals, and the
general public. "Raising awareness of these illnesses may
help people take steps to prevent them or see a doctor if they
have symptoms."
Copyright-free full texts of the Awareness and Prevention Series
publications — and all other publications from the Clearinghouses — are
online at www.niddk.nih.gov.
To order copies of the Awareness and Prevention Series fact sheets,
click on "NIDDK Awareness and Prevention Series" and
then on "catalog.niddk.nih.gov." Click
on the appropriate Clearinghouse for the topics you are interested
in. Single copies of fact sheets are free. A package of 50 copies
costs $5.
The NIDDK, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts
and supports research on diabetes; endocrine and metabolic diseases;
digestive diseases, nutrition, and obesity; and kidney, urologic
and hematologic diseases. Spanning the full spectrum of medicine
and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases
encompass some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions
affecting Americans.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's
Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and
Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting
and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research,
and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both
common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and
its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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