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NOTES:
1) The following codes identify the major interests of the particular board.
Aids A Disability D
Alcohol Abuse L Biology Q
Fire/EMS F Psychiatry/Psychology P
Anesthesiology N Social Service U
Biomedical Engineering B Ophthalmology O
Chemistry C Science S
Dentistry Y Nursing R
Pharmacy M Lab Medicine X
OB/GYN G
* Means can be accessed via PC Pursuit. This offers low cost long distance
communications for computers via the Telenet Network.
For more information about this service call 1-800-TELENET. Tell them where
you heard about this service.
I have dropped support for the Starlink numbers.
2) The numbers following some of the board names are network addresses
for those boards participating in the International Fido Network.
3) The address for a printed copy of this list is : THANKS !!!
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Biomedical Information Corp.
Computer News for Physicians
Attn : Sue Frisch
800 Second Ave.
New York, N.Y. 10017.
They cover partially cover the cost of compiling this list.
A big thanks should go to them for their kindness and genuine
contribution to the BBS community.
4) Send additions, corrections, deletions and suggestions to:
Edward Del Grosso M.D.
CIS 71565,1532
GENIE - E DELGROSSO
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Or by U.S. Snail to
Edward Del Grosso M.D.
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5) If you have read this far you can be of a great help. This list is updated
every 3 months. The next update will be released on November 25,1989. It has
made great penetration but as I call these boards I see that many have lists
that are many months to years old. You can be of great service to me and the
BBS community in general if you would take the time and effort to upload this
list to BBS in your area.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Sysops:
As always I hope you will take the time to contact me and contribute
numbers to the list.... still going strong after almost 5 years.
To all sysops. I strongly urge those of you who are not already members
to join the International Fido Net. I am sure most of you have heard of it,
but in case you haven't it is a system by which bulletin boards across the
country exchange message traffic. Access is free and software to interface
your current system to it is probably available to you at no cost locally. The
following is a list of national medical conferences of which I am aware of and
participate in.
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse National Echo
AIDS National Discussion
Child Abuse National Echo
Disabled Interests National Echo
Diabetes National Discussion
Fire/EMS National Echomail
Grand Rounds National Medical Discussion
Holistic Health National Forum
National Psychiatry Echo
National AA meeting
Physics National Echomail
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Physicians Only National Conference
Spinal Injury National Echo
Social Services National Echo
Science National Echomail
Stroke/CVA National Discussion
Visually Impaired Echo
Health Physics Echo
Overeaters Echo
Many are available with only a local call.
Finally, if you run one of the boards in this list you can be of great
help in keeping it up to date by maintaining my password even though I may
call only every two to three months. By doing so you will help save me a
great deal of time and money. Thanks !!!
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Articles
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International Diabetes Epidemiology Newsletter
Fall, 1989
Greetings:
Research in the area of diabetes epidemiology is moving quickly. More
and more people have realized the importance of diabetes epidemiology and
research is beginning to flourish. Hopefully, we will be able to sustain the
momentum and continue with the development of diabetes programs.
News from Meetings:
International Diabetes Federation Meetings in Australia: The meeting of
the IDF proved to be very important for diabetes epidemiology. Professor Paul
Zimmet must be congratulated for his efforts. There were a large number of
excellent papers presented.
Professor Zimmet played an important role in integrating diabetes
epidemiology into the program. As part of nearly all symposiums a paper on
diabetes epidemiology was presented. For topics ranging from immunology to
nephropathy to islet cell antibodies, epidemiologists were participating.
This meeting proved to have one of the largest numbers of diabetes
epidemiology papers than any meeting.
International Diabetes Federation Satellite Session in Tasmania:
Dr. Gordon Senator must be thanked for the development of the satellite
session in Australia. At the meeting, there were over 100 people interested
in diabetes epidemiology. There would have been even more had there not been
other concurrent meetings such as Diabetes in Developing Countries.
Tasmania proved to be very enjoyable where diabetes epidemiologists meet
to renew old acquaintances and to develop new friendships. It is exciting
that now new data concerning diabetes are becoming available from Latin
America and Africa. Dr. Laercio Franco from Brazil presented data concerning
both the low incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes as well as the low
prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Dr. Swai and McClarty from
Tasmania presented one of the first population based studies in Africa which
recently appeared in the Lancet. Here, too, the prevalence of diabetes
appears to be low. There was somewhat U-shaped associations between BMI and
blood glucose levels. However there did not appear to be any overt cases of
malnutrition related diabetes.
There were several interesting spontaneous discussions of the
contribution of insulin to coronary heart disease. Data from Israel by Mickie
Modan and from France by Evelyn Eschewege were discussed indicating the
potential important contribution of insulin to CHD risk and risk factors.
Abstracts from the meeting are available from Dr. Gordon Senator (FAX number
02 312 043).
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As part of the IDEG sessions, elections were held for offices. Drs.
Hilary King and Evelyn Eschewege were elected as co-presidents of the
organization and Dr. Ronald LaPorte as the writer of the newsletter. The
beauty of IDEG is that there are no dues, therefore, there is no treasurer.
It was exciting to see many new, young faces at the meeting indicating a new
generation of diabetes epidemiologists.
Many of these younger people entered into diabetes epidemiology through
the World Health Organization courses in Diabetes Epidemiology. We should
appreciate the efforts of Dr. Jarrett in organizing these efforts.
European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Venice, May 1989).
Thanks must be sent to Professor Crepaldi for hosting an excellent
meeting. Over 80 people attended attesting to the growing interest of
diabetes epidemiology in Europe. Dr. Sartor reports that presentations
revealed a major improvement in mortality for IDDM in Nordic countries. For
NIDDM in Israel as expected, there was an excess mortality for cases.
Moreover, among cases, cigarette smoking, proteinuria and hypertension appears
to be potent determinants of death.
There was considerable discussion concerning neuropathy. In the GDR it
appeared that almost 25% of newly diagnosed NIDDM cases had evidence of
peripheral neuropathy at diagnosis. Results for Italy indicated the critical
importance of age-standardized testing for automic nerve function testing.
Diabetes in the elderly is of considerable concern in Europe, especially
with the "graying" of the European population (and presumably the aging of we
epidemiologists) into the 21st century. Italian researchers indicated that
the risk factors in the elderly might be different than in younger
populations. Also, better measurement of obesity are needed.
The next meeting is to be held May 13-16 at the Ein-Gedi Resort by the
Dead Sea in Israel. The focus of discussion will be on nephropathy, mortality
and foot problems. Further information can be obtained from the organizer,
Professor Weitzman, Ben Gurion University of Negeo, Epidemiology Unit,
Diabetes Clinic, P.O.B. 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
EURODIAB
A major research effort on diabetes epidemiology is taking place in
Europe.
"EURODIAB is a concerted action on research in the etiology, preventive and
public health aspects of diabetes, scheduled to run to Dec. 31, 1990. Costs
related to coordination of research is covered by the budget of the European
Community (EC) Medical Research Programme whereas costs related to local
research at the participating centers/teams must be covered by local sources.
EURODIAB includes three sub-areas of which EURODIAB-Subarea A is a concerted
action on the epidemiology and aetiopathogenesis of IDDM. The prime target is
to obtain valid and comparable descriptive data on the incidence of childhood
IDDM in various European regions. Once the network of epidemiological teams
has been developed and found to work operationally well, it is planned to
incorporate etiological studies using genetic and immunological markers. So
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far (January 1989) 16 centres/teams from all over Europe have registered for
collaboration under EURODIAB-Subarea A. The data collection started Jan. 1,
1989 and will run for 2 full years according to a standard epidemiological
protocol.
The other subareas of EURODIAB include studies on the complications of IDDM
(Subarea B) and routine health statistics and public health aspects of
diabetes (Subarea C). For further information regarding EURODIAB-Subarea A,
contact: Dr. Anders Green, Asst. Project Leader, Institute of Clinical
Genetics, J.B. Winsloewsvej 17, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark EARN/BITNET:
and@dkdou01."
DERI:
A primary focus of DERI in the past year has been to map out the changing
patterns of insulin-dependent diabetes. Recently an important collaborate
effort was organized where the temporal trends of IDDM were examined. Over
18,000 IDDM cases were included in the analysis. The report was prepared by
Dr. Marian Rewers. The data were exciting in that they indicated that there
appears to be a global increase in the incidence of IDDM. The strongest
evidence is from Northern Europe where the incidence is increasing about 3%
per year. Should the increase continue in 24 years, the incidence will
double. In the Pacific, the increase is more rapid, where in New Zealand, the
incidence will double in less than 10 years, and in Hokkaido, the incidence
will double in 15 years. There does not appear to have been an increase in
incidence in North America. These rapid changes in incidence are quite
worrisome; it will be important to identify the reasons for this.
As part of DERI, specific heritage research is evolving. This represents
the assessment of specific migrant groups who under various degrees of ad
mixture and under varied living conditions. The furthest advanced research is
lead by Professor Serrano-Rios from Spain and Claudia Moy from Pittsburgh for
the investigation of Iberian heritage populations. Italian heritage research
is also being planned because of the enormous 7-8 fold incidence gradient in
Italy. Recently there was a meeting in Pavia, Italy headed by Dr. Maria
Tenconi (FAX 39 382 392558). A protocol has been produced for systematically
investigating childhood diabetes in Italy. Arab heritage scientists are also
beginning to systematically investigate childhood diabetes. Scientists from
Arab countries are discussing a common protocol. The heritage work is
designed to untangle the contribution of host and environmental factors for
the incidence of disease.
World Health Organization Multinational Study of Childhood Diabetes (WHO
DIAMOND (Diabetes MONDIALE))
A new WHO program will be established to evaluate the global impact of
childhood diabetes. The research is designed to monitor the global trends of
childhood diabetes through the year 2000, monitoring the mortality associated
with IDDM, assessing health care needs and costs of childhood diabetes and the
establishment of regional training courses in diabetes epidemiology. Dr.
Hilary King should be commended in his efforts to make this a WHO
collaborative study.
FAX/BITNET
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There has been a rapid proliferation of FAX and BITNET. Should you like
to receive an updated listing of the FAX/BITNET addresses of diabetes
researchers, please contact Dr. LaPorte at FAX (412-692-8329), BITNET
RLAPORTE@PITTVMS.
Egypt:
The Ministry of Health in Egypt has expressed concern about the growing
diabetes problem. Dr. Frank DeStefano from the diabetes group at the Centers
for Disease Control has been contacted to participate with the Egyptian
scientists. A survey for NIDDM as well as IDDM registries are planned.
China:
Exciting new developments are occurring in China. Several major studies
are being developed which could be very important for our understanding of
diabetes.
Beijing:
Dr. Jiang Guo-Yan and his group from Beijing Hospital has provided very
important information concerning the changing prevalence of childhood diabetes
in China. In the period 1978-88, there has almost been a doubling in
prevalence. By the year 2000, there should almost be twice as many elderly
NIDDM cases in China as there are people over age 60 in Great Britain. A
major study has begun where the prevalence and incidence of diabetes are being
determined for over 30,000 residents of Beijing over the age of 60. OGTT's
are to be performed every two years.
Tianjin:
Drs. Liu and Ren will be assessing the prevalence of diabetes in Tianjin
where 40,000 people will be tested. Dr. Bao has developed an IDDM registry
for Tianjin. The incidence of IDDM appears to be very low, perhaps the lowest
seen in the world.
Thailand:
Drs. Bunnag, Sitthi-Amorn and colleagues from Thailand have just
completed a study in slum areas and government housing in Bangkok. Diabetes
appears to be a major public health problem. Interestingly, obesity was
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