Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults

Books about Diabetes Nevada Diabetes Resource Directory School Guidelines for children with Diabetes Diabetic Children Family Support Group Diabetes Links

Meetings Schedule Community Events

To improve the lives of children and adults affected by diabetes through prevention, education and service.

Support the NDACA Shop at Amazon

Diet & Nutrition

Proper diet is one of the important elements in managing diabetes. Because one type of diet does not fit all we recommend that you review your meal plan need with a qualified dietician...

Insurance Information
If you are a resident of the State of Nevada and do not now have heath insurance and you have been denied heath insurance because you have diabetes, you may now be eligible...
more

Contact Us
NDACA
1005 Terminal Way, Suite 170
Reno, NV. 89502
Phone: 775-856-3839 or
800-379-3839
Fax 775.348-7591
ndaca@diabetesnv.org

NDACA
PO Box 750688
Las Vegas, NV 89136
Phone: 702-364-5604 or
1-800-379-3839

Calendar of Events

Diabetes Life Supply Company

Grand Opening

Free - Food- Drinks - Music

May 14, 2008

5 pm to 8 pm

5447 S. Rainbow, Ste E4 - Las Vegas

---------------------

DCAF Summer Picnic

June 3, 2008

6:00 to 8:30 P.M.

Sunset Park-Las Vegas

Details call Celeste at 364-5604

-----------------

Bowl-a-Luau

June 14, 2008

1:00 pm to 2 pm

Sunset Station - Las Vegas

Food-Fun-Prizes

Details call Celeste at 364-5604

------------------

Denim and Bling

BBQ Dinner & Art Show

July 26, 2008

5:00 pm

Featuring the paintings of Donna Long

Bartley Ranch House - Reno

------------------

September 12, 2008

Wine Tasting Extravaganza

Las Vegas

---------------------

October 4, 2008

Battle of the Rattle

Reno

----------------

Diabetes News and Update

Breath Test for Diabetes
It's painful, invasive, and time-consuming, yet every day -- many times a day -- millions of diabetics draw blood to check their blood sugar levels. But there may soon be a way to monitor those levels without ever touching the skin.

Experts call for an uncompromising management of diabetes

8 Apr 2008 , Leverkusen, : Diabetes: an epidemic? Those who have been attentively following the media will find this conclusion hard to escape. But what are the actual figures for diabetes, what treatments are available, what complications can occur, can this metabolic disorder be avoided, what do people with diabetes have to watch out for and, above all, how significant is blood glucose testing?

Lifestyle changes reduce diabetes risk

Karachi, Apr 18, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- Changes in the lifestyle such as eating habits, exercise patterns can help reduce abdominal obesity and development of the metabolic syndrome. A cluster of diabetes risk factors including elevated waist circumference, blood pressure, triglyceride cholesterol, and blood sugar, as well as low levels of high-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol) are collectively know as the metabolic syndrome.

Older diabetics struggle with blood sugar control

EW YORK (Reuters Health) - The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising in the U.S. elderly population, and nearly half of affected individuals fail to adequately control their blood sugar, new research shows.

Our thanks to the following sponsors for their continued support of our programs and services: