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• 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
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Diabetes Dateline
Summer 2010

New NDEP Resource Helps with Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care

Transitioning from pediatric to adult health care can be a challenge for teens and young adults with diabetes, their parents, and pediatric and adult health care providers. The National Diabetes Education Program's (NDEP's) new Transitions webpage provides the following resources to help with the process:

• The Transition Planning Checklist includes a timeline to guide the transition planning process and suggests key action steps for completing various aspects of the process.
• The Clinical Summary for New Health Care Team is an at-a-glance document to support the new adult care team and provides helpful information such as a list of the patient's current medical problems, medical history, medications, self-monitoring information, and patient/family comments.
• The Resource List offers additional online resources such as videos, message boards, social networks, workbooks, checklists, guides, and books.

Explore this new NDEP tool at www.ndep.nih.gov/transitions.

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NIH Publication No. 10-4562
August 2010

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