This Just In
February 2, 2010: UM press release reports Patients with diabetes rank health concerns differently than their doctors according to a survey led by the University of Michigan Medical School.
[NEWS >> Health & Behavior] USA Today article reports "57% of diabetics occasionally skip insulin shots on purpose."
[BREAKING NEWS] January 10, 2010: BBC World to air documentary on diabetes this week, the half-hour documentary - titled Bittersweet - is being aired as part of the BBC’s Kill or Cure series.
On Decmeber 28, 2009, Los Angeles Times reporter Poverty Shortens Healthy Years."
About the Alliance
Through grants to five organizations and a National Program Office (Noreen M. Clark, PhD, Director), the Merck Company Foundation will support comprehensive, multi-faceted, community-based programs that address the key factors to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes for people living with diabetes.
The Diabetes Alliance will work to improve communication between patients and health care providers. Effective communication among providers, patients and their family members is a critical component of efforts to promote optimal care outcomes, enhance prevention and management of diabetes and reduce disparities in care.
The Alliance efforts go beyond the clinical setting and will reach people where they spend most of their time and make most of the decisions that affect their health, such as community settings and homes.
