From: kaminski@netcom.com (Peter Kaminski)
Subject: Re: Need to find information about current trends in diabetes.
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Organization: The Information Deli - via Netcom / San Jose, California

In <C5nF2r.KpJ@world.std.com> steveo@world.std.com (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 LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET, with this line
in the body:

SUBSCRIBE DIABETIC <your name here>

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
2nd CFV, posted to news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, and sci.med,
message <1q1jshINN4v1@rodan.UU.NET>:

>To place a vote FOR the creation of misc.health.diabetes, send an
>email message to yes@sun6850.nrl.navy.mil
>
>To place a vote AGAINST creation of misc.health.diabetes, send an
>email message to no@sun6850.nrl.navy.mil
>
>The contents of the message should contain the line "I vote
>for/against misc.health.diabetes as proposed".  Email messages sent to
>the above addresses must constitute unambiguous and unconditional
>votes for/against newsgroup creation as proposed.  Conditional votes
>will not be accepted.  Only votes emailed to the above addresses will
>be counted; mailed replies to this posting will be returned.  In the
>event that more than one vote is placed by an individual, only the
>most recent vote will be counted.  One additional CFV will be posted
>during the course of the vote, along with an acknowledgment of those
>votes received to date.  No information will be supplied as to how
>people are voting until the final acknowledgment is made at the end,
>at which time the full vote will be made public.
>
>Voting will continue until 23:59 GMT, 29 Apr 93.
>Votes will not be accepted after this date.
>
>Any administrative inquiries pertaining to this CFV may be made by
>email to swkirch@sun6850.nrl.navy.mil
>
>The proposed charter appears below.
>
>--------------------------
>
>Charter:  
>
>misc.health.diabetes                            unmoderated
>
>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.
>
>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.  
>
>-----(end of charter)-----
