Internet Links
Health Canada
Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
HealthyOntario.com
Created to provide Ontarians with a world-leading web destination for trusted health information, services and advice for healthier living.
Insulin-Pumpers Canada
Insulin Pumpers Canada began in May 2001, as Insulin Pumpers Nova Scotia, and began as a support group for people who were using insulin pump therapy for themselves or their children and as an information source for people interested in insulin pump therapy. Insulin pumpers Canada is not affiliated with any pump company. They seek to fill the void between what medical professionals can do for insulin dependent diabetics and what people who use insulin pumps require in order to optimize their blood glucose control and quality of life by effectively utilizing the insulin pump.
The International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, works to ensure that every individual with diabetes or at risk for diabetes receives the best possible care. The web site offers facts about diabetes and self-care information.
International Diabetes Federation
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is the only global advocate for people with diabetes and their healthcare providers. The IDF works together with its member associations to enhance the lives of people with diabetes worldwide. It is a non-governmental organization with official relations with the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. IDF's mission is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide.
Joslin Diabetes Center is an internationally recognized diabetes treatment, research and education institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Joslin is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and improving the lives of people with diabetes through its cutting edge basic and 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 International
JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation.