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Advertise your cancer-related programs for free in the PAC³ Cancer Assets Inventory!

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Often, the most difficult thing we encounter when trying to spread the word about our programs is how to do it effectively, efficiently, and easily.  The PAC³ Cancer Assets Inventory Database, online at http://www.pac3.org/assets/inventory/index.cfm, is not only Pennsylvania's one stop resource for cancer-related programs and services, but it is also your one stop for letting everyone across Pennsylvania know about what you are doing in comprehensive cancer control.

Just last month, hundreds of people searched the PAC³ Cancer Assets Inventory Database from across Pennsylvania and learned about the different drug assistance outlets, cancer support groups, tobacco cessation programs, cancer screening programs, and transportation services for cancer patients, among many others types of resources, available in Pennsylvania. 

PAC³'s vast network of cancer care professionals, currently over 1100 members strong and growing, is at your fingertips.  Just post your programs in the PAC³ Cancer Assets Inventory Database and see the results of your efforts for yourself!

It is easy and free to post your programs in our user-friendly database.  Plus, it only takes a few minutes before your resources are visible worldwide.  Just imagine who could be learning about your work, your organization, and your programs!

Contact the Pennsylvania Cancer Control Consortium (PAC³) at pac3@upmc.edu and they will gladly provide you with a User ID and password so that you can get started.  You can also feel free to contact the Project Coordinator, Mark Byrne, at 412-623-0033 for more information.

PA cAARds! Facebook Page Added

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Now you can access the PA caards website directly from Facebook.

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Health, United States, 2008 and 2009

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Health, United States, 2008 with Special Feature on Young Adults

Health, United States, 2009 with Special Feature on Medical Technology

PDFs are attached below.

Cigarette smoking, smoking cessation, and diabetes

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ABSTRACT:

There is evidence for increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes among cigarette smokers.
In addition, smoking-associated health risks can exacerbate major conditions that precede
or accompany diabetes, such as cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Smoking cessation can
result in weight gain and a short-term worsening of some diabetic symptoms that may deter
smokers with diabetes from attempting to quit. Additionally, there is limited evidence
regarding the efficacy/safety of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies in this population
and the general effects of smoking cessation, particularly for type 1 diabetes. Smoking
cessation in diabetes therefore remains a highly relevant subject for further research.

Journal: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 85 (2009) 4–1 3.

A Prospective Study Investigating the Association Between Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Never Smokers

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ABSTRACT:

PURPOSE: We studied a cohort of individuals to assess whether intensity of environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS) exposure is associated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
 

METHODS: Study subjects were selected from an ongoing population-based cohort of Korea Genome
and Epidemiology Study. Participants of the baseline study 10,038 persons within the age range of 40 to
69 years old. Among 4,442 never smokers without prevalent diabetes, 465 type 2 diabetes cases were identified
through biennial active follow-ups for a 6-year period. Cox proportional hazard models were used to
estimate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) after adjustment for covariates.
 

RESULTS: The risk of type 2 diabetes was higher in subjects exposed to ETS compared with the nonexposure
group (HRZ1.41, 95% CI: 1.1–1.70). Daily exposure to ETS at home increased the risk of type 2
diabetes when compared with the risk level of nonexposure (HRZ1.46, 95% CI: 1.16–1.83). Over 4 hours
exposure to ETS at home and in the workplace was associated with increased the risk of type 2 diabetes
(HR Z 1.96, 95% CI: 1.21–3.19).
 

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that ETS exposure is a significant risk factor for the development of
type 2 diabetes with dose-response relationship.

PDF file attached below.

Diabetes Core Curriculum Workshop

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Diabetes Core Curriculum Workshop

Date: March 28 - 31, 2011 (Mon. - Thur.)
Location: Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing, NY
Time: 8:30-5:30pm

Contact Hours: 30 Contact Hours: RD, RN, NP, PA category II

Engage your senses -- come see, hear, ask questions, discuss. Enjoy this opportunity to talk with experts and your peers. The 'Diabetes Core Curriculum Workshop' is a unique continuing education course designed for healthcare professionals who have knowledge of diabetes education and counseling. Through interactive lectures, discussion of case studies, 8 self-assessment exams and exhibits, we present the most up-to-date information covering the principles of diabetes self-management education (DSME). If you are studying for the CDE examination, many people find it helpful to take the DCCW since we help you to identify what you know and what you still need to study to acquire proficiency.

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