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From: [email protected] (Peter Kaminski)
Subject: Re: Need to find information about current trends in diabetes.
In [email protected] (Steven W Orr) writes:
>I looked for diab in my .newsrc and came up with nuthin. Anyone have
>any good sources for where I can read?
Check out the DIABETIC mailing list -- a knowledgable, helpful, friendly,
voluminous bunch. Send email to [email protected], with this line
in the body:
SUBSCRIBE DIABETIC
Also, the vote for misc.health.diabetes, a newsgroup for general discussion
of diabetes, is currently underway, and will close on 29 April. From the
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>Voting will continue until 23:59 GMT, 29 Apr 93.
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>The proposed charter appears below.
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>Charter:
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>misc.health.diabetes unmoderated
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>1. The purpose of misc.health.diabetes is to provide a forum for the
>discussion of issues pertaining to diabetes management, i.e.: diet,
>activities, medicine schedules, blood glucose control, exercise,
>medical breakthroughs, etc. This group addresses the issues of
>management of both Type I (insulin dependent) and Type II (non-insulin
>dependent) diabetes. Both technical discussions and general support
>discussions relevant to diabetes are welcome.
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>2. Postings to misc.heath.diabetes are intended to be for discussion
>purposes only, and are in no way to be construed as medical advice.
>Diabetes is a serious medical condition requiring direct supervision
>by a primary health care physician.
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