MILPITAS, Calif., April 14, 1999 -- In most situations, no one would choose being "average" as a goal. But in terms of blood glucose levels, average is exactly where people with diabetes should be. With this in mind, LifeScan, Inc. has added a series of online educational booklets on blood glucose control to its Web site, www.LifeScan.com. Available in both English and Spanish versions, the new "Be Average" series expands the wealth of online diabetes information offered on the LifeScan site. Demand for the site's content resulted in nearly a million hits in February alone.

"These pages are excellent," Rick Mendosa writes, referring to the new online series in one of his Web site reviews for the American Diabetes Association. Mendosa adds that the "Be Average" pages on the LifeScan site are "anything but average."

Each booklet in the "Be Average" series discusses a different topic related to avoiding blood glucose highs and lows, providing information that people with diabetes can use to help reduce their risk for complications. Booklets include:

• Be Average: Improve Your Diabetes Self-Management. Explains the importance of testing in relation to different daily activities and how these activities can affect blood glucose levels. Also provides blood glucose goals from the American Diabetes Association and an explanation of quarterly Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values and their relationship to daily blood glucose levels.

• Meals & Monitoring. Explains when to check glucose levels in relation to meals, clarifies differences between various carbohydrates, tells why high-fat foods should be limited, and interprets the "Food Pyramid" for people with diabetes.

• Exercise & Monitoring. Explains differences between light, moderate and strenuous activities and provides a chart showing how much of each type of activity should be performed every week. Also tells how to avoid low blood glucose levels during exercise.

• Insulin & Monitoring. Explains the differences between short- and long-acting insulins and includes a chart detailing the insulins' action times following injection.

• Diabetes Pills & Monitoring. Explains the differences between oral medications and insulin injections. A chart shows the blood glucose goals for various times of the day so patients will know if their medications are working properly.

The "Be Average" information can be accessed through either the "What's New" section or the "Diabetes Self-Care" section of the Web site. This information is formatted on PDF files and needs to be viewed through Adobe® Acrobat® software. For visitors to www.LifeScan.com who do not already have this software installed on their computers, the site provides a link enabling them to download it free of charge.

LifeScan, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with diabetes. More diabetes educators, specialists and pharmacists recommend LifeScan systems than any other brand. Every day, more than three million people rely on LifeScan systems for simple testing and accurate results.

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