November is American Diabetes Month.
November is American Diabetes Month, a time to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control.
For years, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has used this month as an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease and its serious complications.
The ADA is at the forefront of the fight to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes. The ADA provides education, promotes awareness, advocates
on behalf of diabetes patients, and are the authoritative source on diabetes in the U.S.
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LifeScience Moment: "To Err is Human" report published by the Institute of Medicine.
On Nov. 29, 1999, "To Err is Human" report was published by the Institute of Medicine,
a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The report laid out a comprehensive strategy by which government, health care providers, industry,
and consumers can reduce preventable medical errors. Concluding that the know-how already
exists to prevent many of these mistakes. The report set a minimum goal a 50 percent
reduction in errors by 2005.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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Norovirus Virions (Photo Credit: Charles D. Humphrey)
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Science Quote
"We now know that every particle has an antiparticle, with which it can annihilate. There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands! You would both vanish in a great flash of light."
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Stephen Hawking, Physicist
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Info.Resource, owner and publisher of South Dakota LifeScience.com and the upcoming LifeScienceHistory.com, want
to thank all of the front line workers who have supported us during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an historical crisis not
experienced since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19.
