New Resources

Cancers

• Web Page Announces Funding for Cancer Symptom Management and Palliative Care
  Format: Web Site
  Institute: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  This new page announces the funding opportunities and areas of encouraged research in the broad areas of cancer symptom management and palliative care at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other National Institute of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers. These announcements are coordinated through NCI’s Palliative Care Working Group to help the research community locate these announcements all in one place.

  Next Steps
  The public can view the site at www.cancer.gov/researchfunding/announcements/symptommanagement.

Diabetes

• Booklet Guides School Personnel in Helping Students With Diabetes Succeed
  Format: Booklet
  Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) has produced a comprehensive guide about managing diabetes at school. Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel is designed to educate and inform school personnel about diabetes; how it is currently managed; and how parents, students, and each member of the school staff,can work together to ensure a safe learning environment and equal access to educational opportunities for all students with diabetes.
  
  

  Next Steps
  The Guide can be ordered through the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse by calling (800) 438-5383 or downloading from the NDEP Web site at www.ndep.nih.gov.

Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Urologic Diseases

• Health Information on Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Urologic Diseases Easier to Obtain
  Format: Web Site
  Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  NIDDK has redesigned Web sites and launched new on-line ordering capability for three U.S. Government health information services:

  • The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
  
  
  
  • The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
  
  
  
  • The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
  More

  Next Steps
  The Web addresses are: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov, www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov, and www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov. The sites also can be accessed at www.niddk.nih.gov on the NIDDK homepage.

Ear, Nose, and Throat

• "More on Cochlear Implants" Plain Language Fact Sheet for the Public
  Format: Fact Sheet
  Institute: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

  This fact sheet answers questions about cochlear implants related to their effectiveness as a way to provide a new kind of hearing aid for individuals who have lost or severely damaged the sensitive hair cells necessary for normal hearing.

  Next Steps
  Copies of this fact sheet can be ordered through the NIDCD Information Clearinghouse at (800) 241-1044; or downloaded at www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch_moreon.asp. A Spanish-language version is also available.

• "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" Booklet Details the Science, Improved Quality of Life, and Cost-Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants
  Format: Brochure
  Institute: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

  An new brochure, They Said It Couldn't Be Done, addresses the needs of potential and current cochlear implant users as well as their families, and medical and health professionals. It describes how basic, clinical, and translational science are interrelated. The brochure also gives a brief analysis of the cost-savings over a lifetime, per child with cochlear implants, giving additional information to schools and health providers.

  Next Steps
  Copies of this brochure can be ordered from Lonnie Lisle at (301) 496-7243, or from the NIDCD Clearinghouse at (800) 241-1044.

Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Minority Health

• "You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease" Video Aims to Prevent Renal Failure
  Format: Video
  Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  The NKDEP's You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease educational video is a four-minute documentary, designed as a "continuous feed" for dialysis centers, meetings of voluntary and professional organizations, and health fairs in four pilot cities: Baltimore, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Jackson, Mississippi. More

  Next Steps
  The video will be disseminated by NKDEP's pilot sites and shown primarily in dialysis units, not in the mass media.
  
  Information about the NKDEP is available on-line at
  www.nkdep.nih.gov.