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Does Tight Blood Glucose Control Prevent Heart Disease?, What will Estimated Average Glucose mean to Patients with Diabetes?



WHAT:American Diabetes Association’s 68th Annual Scientific Sessions.

WHEN: Friday – Tuesday, June 6-10, 2008

WHERE: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFINGS: 
For members of the media unable to attend this year’s American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions on site, there will be teleconferencing availability for the press briefings. Please contact Sarah Bradley (sbradley@diabetes.org or 703-549-1500, ext. 2231) to register or for more information. Media must register 24 hours in advance of the press briefing. In addition to filling out a registration form, please fax press credentials and letter of assignment to 703-549-6294 until Wednesday, June 4th. Starting Thursday, June 5th, please fax information to 415-978-3524. To reach ADA staff on-site in the ADA News Room starting Friday, June 6th, please call 415-978-3508.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:

  • Tight Control and CVD – ADVANCE 
    Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:00 pm (Noon) PDT

  • Estimated Average Glucose. What Is The Relationship With A1C? What Does It Mean For Patient Care? 
    Saturday, June 7, 2008, 12:30 p.m. PDT

  • Tight Control and CVD – VA Diabetes Trial 
    June 8, 2008, 1 p.m. PDT

  • Tight Control and CVD – ACCORD 
    Monday, June 9, 2008, 12:30 p.m. PDT

NOTE TO EDITOR:
Visit http://www.diabetes.org/adablog to read blog posts from the Association's Scientific Sessions from former USA Today reporter, Anita Manning.

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