Follow the links at right for the latest news on the Brehm gift, and on diabetes research and care at the University of Michigan.

Read the press release on the Brehms' gift, issued on Nov. 22, 2004.

Get a great summary of diabetes research and care at the U-M in this article from the most recent issue of Medicine at Michigan magazine.

Attention reporters/editors:
For high-resolution images and video related to this gift, please call UMHS Public Relations at 734-764-2220.

Press Releases

Nov. 15, 2004
Diabetes among older Americans cost $133.5 billion in 1990s

November 4, 2004
(Health Minute)
Tips for traveling with diabetes

August 16, 2004
VA beats managed care for diabetes, study finds

May 3, 2004
Insulin pump benefits preschoolers with diabetes

May 3, 2004
Teaching families to work together improves diabetes management for low income kids, UMHS study finds

February 12, 2004
Study: Diabetes patients skip medications to save money

November 10, 2003
Diabetes management improves when patients, doctors agree on treatment goals, UMHS study finds

December 1, 2003
(Health Minute)
New shoe insole design decreases the risk of serious foot infection for diabetics

April 2, 2002
(Health Minute)
For diabetics, proper foot care can save life and limb

November 5, 2001
U-M doctors warn diabetic patients to not lose sight of potential eye disease

Feb. 23, 2000
New center for the study of complications in diabetes founded at the U-M
(press release and fact sheets)
http://www.med.umich.edu/u/prmc/releases/2000/JDFgrant.htm
http://www.med.umich.edu/u/prmc/releases/2000/JDFfact.htm
http://www.med.umich.edu/u/prmc/releases/2000/UMdiafac.htm

June 5, 2000
(Health Minute)
Kids with diabetes, U-M doctors are pumped up about insulin pumps

(1997)
U-M scientists use insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) to grow new membranes around neurons

ARTICLES

Medicine at Michigan, spring 2004
Diabetes research & care at Michigan:
Where the hope comes from
Diabetes 101

Medicine at Michigan, summer 2002
Bill & Dee Brehm: A time to give back  

Michigan Cares (C.S. Mott Children's Hospital newsletter)
Summer 2004
K.I.D.S. – Helping Kids Control Diabetes

Camp Midicha – Fun and learning for kids with diabetes