Our goal is to enable trainees to use this website more effectively. The main page and training resource sections are a great data bank that previous and current PA cAARds trainees can use for their advantage. To help accomplish these goals, we recently added a new Facebook page for PA cAARds. It can act as a conduit between social and professional experience of members. We would really appreciate some feedback. Please let us know what are your thoughts concerning the Facebook page. Thank You.

P.S. This blogging feature is an excellent tool that will allow us to have a professional dialogue. We can learn from each other, and sometimes be inspired by success stories. We really recommend all members to blog and share their professional experience with everyone.

A recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine states, "An extensive body of literature consistently identifies cigarette smoking as a risk factor for incident diabetes.  Therefore, smoking cessation should decrease diabetes risk among current smokers, perhaps by reducing systemic inflammation, which is a well-established risk factor for incident diabetes. However, smoking cessation is also associated with ubsstantial weight gain, which could tip the balance toward increased risk". "Smoking Cessation, and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" (see resource section of the website) tests the hypothesis that although smoking is an independent predictor of incident type 2 diabetes, smoking cessation increases diabetes risk in the short term, possibly because of cessation-related weight gain.  We are very interested in you sharing your perspective on this subject matter.

Public health programs in public health agencies across the United States are increasingly taking action to integrate activities across single-disease program lines. BE A BRIDGE supports this movement and is working with federal, state and local organizations to integrate chronic disease and tobacco control programs.