Diabetes is the #6 killer of Americans. It cost Americans $132 billion in 2002 alone. That's one in every 10 dollars spent on healthcare. And that number is going up. While more than 21 million Americans are diabetic, as many as seven million are undiagnosed. And more than another 40 million are considered prediabetic. Diabetes Mellitus will be one of the main topics at the AACE 15th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress, April 26-30 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., President of Joslin Diabetes Center and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will present new research that shows a link between newly discovered genes, and type 2 diabetes. The research utilizes the very latest in DNA chip technology. The general session New Insights into Diabetes & Obesity from DNA Chips will kickoff the Annual Meeting at 8:15am on April 27, and is open to registered media.
More than 30 additional medical abstracts and cases studies on Diabetes Mellitus will be presented over the course of the Annual Meeting. Some topics include:"¢ Predicting Gestational Diabetes"¢ Transcutaneous Glucose Monitoring"¢ Alternatives to BMI as Predictor in Men"¢ Practical Models for Screening Undiagnosed Diabetics
Diabetes is just one of the many endocrine disorders that will be addressed during the Clinical Congress. New research involving vitamin D, thyroid cancer, androgen use, and performance enhancing drugs will be presented. In addition, hundreds of medical abstracts ranging from osteoporosis to reproductive endocrinology will be presented at exclusive poster sessions for registered media.
A preview of all abstracts, as well as an online registration form, an invitation to the media poster session preview, and facts about endocrine disorders can all be found by logging on to the AACE Annual Meeting media page at http://www.aace.com/meetings/ams/2006/pressReleases.php
AACE is a professional medical organization with more than 5,300 members in the United States and 85 other countries. Founded in 1991, AACE is dedicated to the optimal care of patients with endocrine problems. AACE initiatives inform the public about endocrine disorders. AACE also conducts continuing education programs for clinical endocrinologists, physicians whose advanced, specialized training enables them to be experts in the care of endocrine disease, such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, growth hormone deficiency, osteoporosis, cholesterol disorders, hypertension and obesity.
For further information about AACE and the Annual Meeting, visit the AACE web site at http://www.aace.com.
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