Kidney Disease Research Updates
Fall 2009
NIDDK Publications and Websites Win National
Health Information Awards
Four publications and eight websites produced
by the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
have been recognized by the Health Information
Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse
for consumer health programs and materials.
In the 2009 National Health Information
Awards competition, For Women with Diabetes:
Your Guide to Pregnancy and What I need to know
about Diabetes Medicines, by the National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC),
won bronze and merit awards, respectively.
Barrett’s Esophagus and Pancreatitis, by the
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
(NDDIC), won merit awards.
NIDDK websites that won silver awards in
the Spring/Summer 2008 Web Health Awards
competition were the NDIC, the NDDIC,
the National Hematologic Diseases Information
Service, the Weight-control Information
Network, the National Diabetes Education
Program, and the Celiac Disease Awareness
Campaign. The National Kidney Disease Education
Program and the National Kidney and
Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
websites won merit awards.
The National Health Information Awards and
the Web Health Awards are organized by the
HIRC. The goal of the awards is to provide a
seal of quality for consumer health information.
To view the winning publications, visit the
NDIC at www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov and the
NDDIC at www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov.
For links to the winning websites and other
NIDDK-sponsored websites, visit
www.niddk.nih.gov.
For more information about the National
Health Information Awards, visit
www.healthawards.com.
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