http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/

A little update on our friend and inspiration Mauro Sormani --

After winning at the Central Alps Italian Regional Championship in
Piani Di Bobbio on February 3, 2008, Mauro qualified a place at the
cross-country ski Masters World Championships (MWC) to be held Feb 28 -
March 6, 2008 in Idaho, USA!!. The races will be held near McCall, ID
roughly at the same latitude as Bozeman, north of Boise. Mauro will be
part of a 31-member Italian delegation, joining the hundreds of
Americans and large numbers of Russians and Norwegians.

Each year World Diabetes Day is centred on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered in the past have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, and the costs of diabetes. Since 2001 particular attention has been paid to diabetes complications affecting the heart, the eyes and the kidneys. Past, present and future themes include: