TuDiabetes.com is a site for people touched by diabetes. The creator of the site, Manny Hernandez, got the ball rolling on a topic of interest we all take to heart - diabetes book recommendations.

When you ask diabetics to brainstorm on a terribly intrinsic topic you get some pretty good responses. One suggested read was The Diabetes Improvement Program. This book helped a diabetic overcome depression, when the talented team of healthcare professionals could not. Other honorable mentions include: Psyching Out Diabetes, Dr. Bernstein's' Diabetes Solution, Diabesity, and Diabetes for Dummies.

Somebody actually asked something very interesting - where is the book on the evolution of diabetes treatment? Often a topic of discussion, and yet so rarely documented is the sequential events of diabetes treatment, starting with the discovery of insulin. A lull ensued from about 1930 till the boom of genetically modified human insulin, in the early 80s. Any investigative journalist willing to take a stab at it? I guarantee the book will make my must read. And Eli Lilly might actually pay you not to write it.

P.S. One reader pointed out - a chapter of Brent Hoadley's book, Too Profitable to Cure presented a chronology of the evolution of diabetes treatment.

The National Changing Diabetes(SM) Program (NCDP) brings together innovators in diabetes education, treatment and policy to improve the lives of people with diabetes. Their intention is to create change in the US healthcare system to dramatically improve the prevention and care of diabetes.

NCDP is a program of Novo Nordisk, a visionary healthcare company with an 80 year history of innovation and achievement in diabetes care. NovoNordisk's business is driven by the Triple Bottom Line: a commitment to economic success, environmental soundness and social responsibility to employees and customers.

DiabetesXChange.org offers a diverse collection of promising initiatives from across America, submitted by the diabetes community, healthcare providers, employers and government agencies. Programs and initiatives focus on a variety of areas such as telemedicine, coaching, health information technology and more. This program answers the need for change in diabetes care. Knowledge is power and goodness knows a disease like diabetes needs all the power it can get!