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Diabetic supplies and information

Discount Diabetic Supplies at Hocks.com
This long-established internet and brick-and-mortar pharmacy carries a large range of diabetic supplies, including blood glucose meters, test strips, lancets, insulin and syringes, diabetic skin care items, pump supplies and snacks. They ship to all 50 US states.








Diabetes medical information and advice

Reality Check   - An Australian site dedicated to, and run by, young adults with diabetes. Features information, advice, personal stories, and an open forum.

About Diabetes Resources - Resources for diabetes patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Includes original feature articles, diabetes forum, chat, and evaluated link library.

American Diabetes Association - A comprehensive resource for diabetes education, news, research, and advocacy information.

AskMen.com - Diabetes - Information on diabetes and how it affects men.

AtDiabetes - Offers a Medline search form, newsletter, and forums.

BBC Online: The Diabetes Guide - Causes and symptoms of diabetes and learning how to live with this chronic illness. Includes contact information for international diabetes organizations.

CureNow - An online diabetes magazine dedicated to finding a cure. Includes tips on advocacy, articles on important issues, and interviews.

DiabetEASE - On-Line Diabetes Management Tool - An advanced web-based diabetic health monitoring system which is designed specifically to track and trend your daily blood glucose levels. Registration required.

Diabetes - Information from the UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, USA.

Diabetes - OnlineMedInfo - Medical information for patients as well as physicians.

Diabetes and Health - Provides basic diabetes-related information to healthcare consumers. Sponsored by pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis.

Diabetes Chart - This chart converts HbA1c test results to their equivalent blood glucose readings.

Diabetes Dictionary - Prepared by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this dictionary of terms defines words that are often used when talking or writing about this disease.

Diabetes Education - Basic diabetes information and guidelines for the care and management of this disease.

Diabetes Education Network - Connecting persons with diabetes to leading medical specialists and other persons like themselves. An informational site for this disease.

Diabetes for Adults (Type 2) - General diabetes information and a forum for people with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes for Professionals - Information, education, and support for health care professionals in the diabetes field, from pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk.

Diabetes from Ladies Home Journal - Read this helpful information to help you learn more about type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes and methods of treatment for each type.

Diabetes Guidelines - The official guidelines for treatment of diabetes from the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF).

Diabetes Handbook - A description of the different types and brands of insulin used in diabetes treatment, from the University of Massachusetts.

Diabetes Home - Information for diabetics and their families on symptoms, medicines, insulin and other treatments, diet and exercise and the latest research.

Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition - Compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United States.

Diabetes in India - Diabetes complications are the cause of tremendous socioeconomic problems.

Diabetes Information - Novo Nordisk - Patient information site about diabetes. News, research, recipes and devices.

Diabetes Insight - Information for people in the UK to assist them in the management and control of their diabetes.

Diabetes Interview World - Sample article from the print magazine, email newsletter, and subscription form for the print version.

Diabetes Professional Information - Physician-oriented information about diabetes, including a brief summary of the condition and details of scientific meetings. Provided by Aventis.

Diabetes Resource Center on Healingwell.com - Comprehensive guide to resources on diabetes, including medical news, articles and information, message boards, books, and links to related sites.

Diabetes Risk Test - ADA offers a resource for signs, symptoms, factors, and diabetic risks.

Diabetes Symptoms Resource - Provides information on the symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. From Accu-Chek and Roche Diagnostics.

Diabetes Tool Box - Diabetes information and free tools about diabetes mellitus, signs/symptoms, activities for children, health calculators, drug information and other free resources for diabetic lifestyle management.

Diabetes Watch - Information about diabetes including treatment, medication, management, prevention, high blood sugar, and low blood sugar from pharmaceutical manufacturer Aventis. Free registration required.

DiabetesPortal.com - A community for people with diabetes including: live chat and interviews, shopping, and comprehensive and current information on the latest treatments, research and day-to-day care.

Diabetic-Help - Offers information about diabetes and related topics. Information is bilingual, English and Spanish.

DiabetoValens.com-The Diabetes Guide - Information on diabetes for health care professionals and patients.

eMedicine Health - Diabetes - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of diabetes and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Exercise and Foot Care in Diabetes - News, website reviews, and specific information relating to the management of diabetic complications with foot care and exercise (along with diet +/- medications).

General Practice Notebook - Diabetes mellitus - Clinically-oriented information on the different types of diabetes.

Genetic Types of Diabetes - Information for patients and professionals on genes and diabetes, particularly regarding Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), renal cysts and diabetes and type 2 research.

GlucoControl - This site offers free GlucoControl PDA software for tracking blood glucose levels.

GlucoWeb - Contains diabetic information, allows users to track blood glucose tests, carbohydrates, fat, blood pressure, and exercise. Supports upload information from certain blood glucose meters.

Guidelines at Sheffield - National clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes (UK).

Health Jar Educational Series - General facts about diabetes, symptoms, prevention, treatments, exercise, drugs and herbals.

Health Talk Interactive - Features live webcasts of interviews with diabetes experts and famous people living with diabetes.

HealthAtoZ - Type 1 Diabetes - Personalized diary tracks blood sugar, medications, exercise and other health management tools. Plus, articles on research, a recipe exchange, risk assessment and related conditions.

HealthAtoZ: Type 2 Diabetes - Personalized diary tracks blood sugar, medications, exercise and other health management tools. Plus, articles on research, a recipe exchange, risk assessment, and related conditions.

HowStuffWorks: How Diabetes Works - Fully-illustrated tutorial looks at how your body handles glucose. Shows what insulin is and what it does, how the lack of it affects your body, how the disease is currently treated and what future treatments are in store for diabetics.

Information About Diabetes - Information on diabetes, diabetic medication and diet

Insulin Pumpers - Insulin Pumpers provides information and support for adults and children with diabetes and their families interested in insulin pump therapy.

InteliHealth: Diabetes - Information on treatment, medication, diet, insulin, foot ulcers and alternative therapies as well as free diabetes e-card, online diary and Ask The Experts -reviewed by Harvard Medical School.

Joslin Diabetes Center - An affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has diabetes treatment facilities nationwide. Includes information on research and research volunteer opportunities, recent diabetes news, a user-friendly diabetes library, online classes, and online discussion groups.

Life with Diabetes - Diabetes symptoms differ slightly among types, but Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes require different treatments. Insulin, diabetic diets, and blood glucose levels are explained.

Lifeclinic Diabetes Channel - A comprehensive resource for information on diabetic symptoms, hypoglycemia, diabetic diet, treatment options, chart records blood glucose and other vital medical information.

Lifetoolz - Australian site records and graphs daily diabetes data and features the latest news about diabetes.

MamasHealth Diabetes Information - Basic information about diabetes and treatment techniques.

MedicineNet Focus on Diabetes - Medical information about diabetes therapies, complications, research, and treatment edited by a physician.

Novo Nordisk- Keeping Well With Diabetes - Basic facts about diabetes, information on nutrition, exercise, medication, online newsletters, a new program for insulin users and home educational tools to help control diabetes.

Practical Guide to Diabetes - Assisting people with diabetes to understand and manage their condition

WorldWIDE — the Worldwide Initiative for Diabetes Education - Encouraging and promoting better management and care of people with diabetes through enhancing professional education.


Diabetic recipes

RecipeSource Diabetic Recipes   - A large collection, split into multiple pages for quick downloads, and indexed by subcategories.

All Wright Recipes - Sugar free and other diabetic recipes plus a large offering of other healthy diet links and recipes.

Allrecipes.com - A collection of recipes with metric and U.S. Standard measurements included. May of the recipes have viewer ratings.

American Diabetes Association - Provides recipes plus information on diabetes. Eating out, a virtual grocery tour, exchange lists, and sweeteners.

Aunt Runner's Diabetic Recipes - With nutritional and food exchange values provided. Links to herbs and spices, cooking tips, and measurement equivalents.

BHG Recipe center - Offers selections from appetizers through desserts. Also includes links to other diabetic recipes.

Birthday Cake - How to have a cake and stay within the necessary meal allowances. Links to other home and family information.

Children With Diabetes - Many recipes for children, or anyone, who must curtail sugar consumption. Other diabetic information links are included.

CooksRecipes.com - Includes nutritional information and food exchanges, cooking charts and tips, and a cooking dictionary of culinary terms.

Daily Diabetic Recipe - Subscription is free, and a new recipe is e-mailed every day. Offers links to other diabetic information.

Diabetes Action - Offers tips on sugar and carbohydrate, plus a new recipe added every week, and comprehensive diabetic articles.

Diabetes Cyber Kitchen - A selection of diabetic recipes collated into meal menus.

Diabetes, Inc. - A selection of recipes, all presented in PDF format for easy printing. Includes other diet and menu links.

Diabetes Self Management - Compilation of recipes from the magazine. Offers informative articles, definitions, and diabetic resources.

Diabetic Desserts - Offers recipes for cookies, cake, pie, muffins, pudding, and strawberry jam, with links to other diabetic resources.

Diabetic Diet Recipes - Provides information on diabetic nutrition and diabetic diet principles. Includes a collection of diabetic recipes.

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine - A recipe archive plus features, news, updates, and other timely information.

Diabetic Lifestyle - Recipes, plus information and links to diabetic resources, health, and cooking tips.

The Diabetic Newsletter - Newsletter is free, and is issued every other Monday. Sign up to receive recipes, articles, news, and trivia.

Diabetic Recipe Resources - Recipe and food preparation information from About.com. Links to other food articles and types of recipes are included.

Diabetic Recipes - Find recipes, a diabetes diet guide that includes several national restaurant chains, and links to other related resources.

Diabetic Recipes - Offers recipes and a diabetic question and answer forum, plus links to a large number of diabetic information and recipe sites.

Diabetic Recipes - A large selection, browse by recipe or by menu. Offers menus for every occasion from casual family meals to parties and holidays.

Diabetic Seniors.com - Offers recipes, Medicare/government information, senior health articles, and a monthly newsletter.

Equal - Seasonal Recipes - Recipes suitable for the current time of year, each using an artificial sweetener. A recipe search, kitchen tips, and a jams and jellies list.

Healthy Diabetic Recipes - A collection of recipes suitable for diabetics. Includes search facility.

Healthy Eating and Lifestyle - Includes recipes for main courses, appetizers, breads, and desserts for diabetics.

Hidden Treasures - A group of recipes from Fabulous Foods. Also offers links to more recipes, newsletters, and antique greeting cards.

Hill Health Recipes - Recipes by region or season. Also offers healthy heart recipes, links to medical resources, and an A to Z medical topics directory.

Hints for Diabetic Cooking - Offers information and charts on food exchanges, and artificial sweetener-sugar equivalents, including one for Dairy Queen.

Information About Diabetes:Diabetic Recipes - Diabetic Recipe collection. Site includes information on diabetes, diabetic nutrition and medication.

Jeanine's Sugar-Free Recipes - Some use artificial sweetener, some do not. Also provides links to sweetener free recipes, recipe comments, and a nutrition center.

Jell-O Recipes - Desserts and snacks made from sugar-free gelatin. also a list of Kraft cheese recipes, and links to other Kraft recipes.

Judy's Diabetic Recipes - A list of low sugar and sugar free desserts that include carbohydrate and food exchange values. Recipes are in a printable format.

K Young's Recipe Collection - A collection of dessert recipes. Links to Mellon's School of Computer Science educational programs and research.

Life clinic Diabetic Cookbook - With nutritional information and diet planning tools. Information on diabetic basics, glucose control, and latest developments.

Low Carb Recipes - A collection of categorized recipes suitable for diabetics and followers of the Atkins Diet. Contains a mixture of low carb, low fat and diet recipes.

Meals.com Diabetes Management - Recipes are reviewed and rated by users. Links to meal suggestions, features and advice, and a personal recipe box.

Nancy's Kitchen - Offers recipes, a free recipe club, kitchen humor, cookbooks, a newsletter, free greeting cards, and recipe software.

Passover Seder Recipes - Kosher recipes for the diabetic. Links to health updates, entertaining, cooking tips, and a diabetic supply center.

Pastry Wiz - Includes some sugar free recipes and some with artificial sweetener added. Offers sugar substitution charts and a recipe search.

Quaker Oats Kitchen - Low sugar, low fat recipes suitable for diabetics. Links to baking bloopers, the Quaker kitchen, baking classes, and the Quaker archives.

Real Food for Real People - Barbecued chicken, and a sweet and sour chicken salad. Offers links to FAQs, free offers, and recipe collections.

Recipe Goldmine - Diabetic - Diabetic recipe collection listing nutritional information and diabetic exchanges.

Sara's Kitchen Diabetic Crockpot Recipes - Gives food exchanges for each dish, and the source for each recipe. Links to other resources.

Sin Free Eats - Low sugar and sugar free recipes, plus links are offered to exercise and weight loss information and tips.

Sugar-free Recipe Cards - A selection of diabetic recipes that can also be sent as email greeting cards. Each recipe has a basic outline of its ingredients in recipe list.

Suite 101 - Diabetic - Recipes with user-submitted ratings, plus related topics. Offers resources pertaining to diabetes, plus links to other types of information.

Sweet N Low - Sugar-free recipes using this artificial sweetener, with links to comments, history, and a store locater.

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Conference Recipes - Recipes for foods served at the Tcoyd 2001 San Diego Conference, and at the 2002 Seattle Conference.

Vegetarian Society - Offers some recipes, and discusses benefits of a vegetarian diet for diabetics. Articles by people who have diabetes are included.

Velma's Links - Offering many links for diabetic information resources including recipes, articles, and cooking for the diabetic.

The Webb Cooks - A twice monthly article on cooking and nutrition plus links to all back articles and information, including recipes.

yumINDIA.com: Diabetic - Provides a list of recipes suitable for a diabetic diet, and offers guidelines for healthy eating. Also has links to a virtual store.


Diabetic treatments

About Insulin Pumps - Should you go on the pump? - Eight questions to ask yourself if you're considering going on an insulin pump.

Alternative Diabetes - Information and resources on alternative and complementary treatment strategies. Includes sections on diabetes basics, research and news.

Children With Diabetes - Insulin Pumps - General information about insulin pump therapy, discussions of the pros and cons of pumping, links to product vendors, chat room. Numerous personal testimonials of insulin pump users.

Diabetes Drug Database - Database of drugs used to treat diabetes arranged alphabetically by brand name indexed by a Registered Pharmacist.

Diabetes News - Provides the latest breaking news relating to Diabetes and related subjects; as well as informative hyperlinks of particular interest to diabetics.

Diabetes-Drug.net - Information about treatments for diabetes mellitus such as starch blockers, insulin sensitizers and insulin injections. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.

Diabetes-Therapies.com - Information on diabetes, types, complications, treatments, and monitoring. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.

Diabetic Neuropathy Treatment - A multidisciplinary approach.

Diabetics World - A site devoted to all aspects of diabetes, principally focused on the need for the return of natural animal, beef and pork, insulins to the US. Articles, files, streaming videos from the FOX13 Humulin Investigation TV shows.

Diatranz Ltd - Screen for Diabetes and look for better control through xenotransplantation.

Discovering Insulin - History of diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.

The Islet Foundation - Islet xenotransplantation has reversed diabetes in people and monkeys without immunosuppressive drugs, and may deliver the cure within this decade.

Islet Transplantation at the University of Pennsylvania - Includes background and progress for the project and links to other sources of information. Offers an overview, the team, the plan and progress.

Light Emitting Diodes Aid in Wound Healing - Three times brighter than the sun, light-emitting diodes are being used to speed wound healing in people with diabetic ulcers and children with severe mouth sores resulting from chemotherapy.

Novo Nordisk - Offers type 1 and type 2 diabetes care, haemophilia, and insulin treatments. Treats bleeding disorders, coagulation disorders. Has hormone replacement therapy.

Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation - This site examines the history of transplantation, the immunology, tissue typing, and immunosuppressant drugs that make transplantation possible.

Rosedale Metabolics Inc. - Rosedale Metabolics is introducing a dietary approach for the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic disorders.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Diabetes - Describes in detail how TCM practitioners in China solve this disease with traditional Chinese strategies and herbs.

Veritas Medicine for Patients: Diabetes - Clinical trial listings and in-depth treatment information about diabetes. Perform a personalized search to find ongoing clinical trials that match your needs.


Diabetic support and forums

About.com: Diabetes Forum - Moderated forum for people with diabetes and their friends and family. Anyone can view messages, but free registration is required to post.

American Diabetes Association - Community Forums - Classified forums, primarily focused on the USA. Register to read and/or post.

AOL groups: 20 Something Diabetics - Message board/email list for Juvenile Diabetics in their 20s.

Coffeerooms: Diabetes - Offers an unmoderated message board with primarily female members. Registration required to post.

Diabetes123.com - Includes news, mailing lists, scheduled chats, archives, polls, surveys, bricks and mortar events.

DiabetesForums.com - Offers a variety message boards by topical category, FAQ, and calendar. Register to post.

DiabetesPortal.com: Diabetes Station - Includes chat room, archived chats, teen area, and message board. Requires email address to post.

Diabetic Gourmet: Community - Offers a variety of topics including new diagnosis, type of diabetes, medication, doctors, cooking, and recipes. No registration required.

Diabetic.com Bulletin Board - Offers a variety of topical categories and an index of active topics. Moderated, requires registration to post.

HealingWell.com Community: Diabetes - Offers a moderated message board with registration required to post.

HealthBoards: Diabetes - Moderated forum which requires registration to post.

Hypostasis - International type 1 diabetes peer support group with forums, chat, and stories written by people living with diabetes.

ICQ.com - Diabetes Message Boards - Undifferentiated, short messages. Register (ICQ / email address) to post.

The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT) : International - Member supported information on insulin availability.

IVillage ParentsPlace Boards Diabetes - Register to post. Includes archives.

LC Diet for Diabetes Support List - Email list for diabetics who use a low carbohydrate diet as a method of controlling their diabetes.

Lehigh University Diabetic Mailing List - Unmoderated. Archives (since 1990). Useful FAQs written by list members.

Massachusetts General Hospital - BrainTalk Communities - Message board for discussions about the neurological implications of diabetes.

MD Advice Community Diabetes Boards - A forum for people with diabetes. Registration is required.

Melissa's Diabetes pages - Melissa (alias POM) has a daughter diagnosed with diabetes at 6 months. Site includes "Diabetes Information Portal" (stories/blogs, news, and chatrooms), "Living with Diabetes" (FAQs). Note that navigation is at bottom of page.

MSN Communities - Diabetes. Isn't it a pain? - This web-site is dedicated to diabetics and families thereof. Both type I and type II are welcome to join. Register to post.

MSN Groups - Diabetes - Chats, and several forums. Listing of "Member Web Sites". Register (Passport.NET) to post.

MSN Groups - Diabetes, Hypoglycemia and Transplant Corner - Message boards, chats (Wednesdays 8pm EST / Thursdays 1am GMT), FAQs. Register (Passport.NET) to post.

ProHealthNetwork.com: Diabetes Chat - Offers chat rooms, message boards, and news. Registration required to post.

SupportPath.com: Diabetes - Listing of chats, message boards, usenet groups, mailing lists, and organizations. Very limited in scope. Links to amazon bookstore.

Sweet Thoughts (by Yard Productions, Inc.) - Includes message boards (classified by topic)

Yahoo! Groups : diabetes - Restricted membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Archives for members only. "For people to discuss their various types of diabetes and to support others with the disease to get their blood sugar under control. I am not a doctor, but I feel folks need support when faced with a disease like diabetes. This list should be a comfortable place to share diets, difficulties staying on track with meds or diet, and be a place to discuss without feeling you are being "put down" by the other members."

Yahoo! Groups : diabetes_int - Open membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Public archives. "A moderated [sic] mailing list for people interested in, or suffering from, Diabetes. People who seek support or answers to their questions, and who wish to participate in a positive, supporting and uplifting debate on this disease, the problems related to it, and different ways to get and keep Diabetes under control."

Yahoo! Groups : diabetes-l - Open membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Public archives. For people who have diabetes, care for/about someone with diabetes or are otherwise interested in living with diabetes.

Yahoo! Groups : diabetes_recipes - Open membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Public archives; Email attachments are permitted. Exchange recipes with carbohydrate/nutritional infos.

Yahoo! Groups : PositiveDiabeticPregnancy - Restricted membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Archives for members only. A group for women (and their significant others) who are Type I diabetic and planning for or experiencing pregnancy.

Yahoo! Groups : TypeTwo - Open membership; Unmoderated; All members may post; Public archives. Type 2 diabetes.

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