FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2006

ARLINGTON, VA - The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.TheHealthCentralNetwork.com) today announced that Dr. William Quick will consult for, and participate as a blogger at, MyDiabetesCentral.com. MyDiabetesCentral.com, an award-winning diabetes site, utilizes a unique three-step approach to diabetes management: Find, Manage and Connect. These components provide information, resources and a rich community of individuals undergoing similar experiences.

Dr. Quick has been a specialist in diabetes care and endocrinology for over 30 years. Bill, as he prefers to be called, is a nationally-known expert in diabetes education, and is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. He is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, and also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Endocrinology and Diabetes Care. He and his wife Stephanie are the authors of one of the Internet's oldest and most respected diabetes websites, the Diabetes Monitor (www.DiabetesMonitor.com), and he is the author and moderator at Diabetes.Blog.com (www.Diabetes.Blog.com), which has a thriving community of readers and writers about current diabetes topics.

About The HealthCentral Network

The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.TheHealthCentralNetwork.com) has more than 30 general health and highly specific condition and wellness web properties, each committed to offering a voice in everyday and personal language people can understand and connect with at critical points in their lives. Each site provides timely, interactive, in-depth, and trusted medical information, personalized tools and resources, and connections to vast communities of expertise for people seeking to engage in, manage and improve their health. The award-winning, multimedia experience combines medically-reviewed articles from doctors and researchers, as well as news, information, video and extensive engagement from everyday people who have great experience and empathy in specific health areas. The HealthCentral Network was recently recognized for its top Diabetes site (www.mydiabetescentral.com) by The International Medical and Media Awards and received the Health Care Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association. The Company also produces the Medical Breakthroughs television show, seen around the country.

Founded in the late 1990s, The HealthCentral Network, Inc. was acquired in 2005 by a team of blue-chip investors, including Sequoia Capital, Polaris Ventures, The Carlyle Group and Allen & Company. With a management team that combines decades of experience in interactive media and medical, science and news journalism, The HealthCentral Network, Inc. aims for the highest standards of quality, relevance and community for patients and their caregivers.

About The Diabetes Monitor and Diabetes.Blog.com

The Diabetes Monitor (www.DiabetesMonitor.com), which was first published May 3, 1995, has almost two thousand pages of information. It consistently ranks among the top diabetes websites in search engines, and has garnered many words of praise through the years. It has included many links to other diabetes websites, and other sections such as "the Diabetes Mentor", a collection of webpages providing information to people with diabetes and their families.

The mission statement of the Diabetes Monitor is to provide information about diabetes for patients and their families, and offer useful advice about the prevention and management of diabetic complications, to provide resources for patients, families, diabetes educators and other health care professionals, and to support people with diabetes in their pursuit of quality of life.

Diabetes.Blog.com (www.Diabetes.Blog.com) was started by Dr. Quick in May 2005 as a blogcompanion to the Diabetes Monitor. Although initially viewed as a traditional blog, Dr. Quick instituted has a series of Discussion Forums on diabetes topics, ranging from discussion of newly-released medications to topics such as traveling with diabetes, meals and nutrition, meters, and New to Diabetes. These Discussion Forums have attracted a eager audience of readers who share their experiences and assist in answering questions asked by other readers. An abstract describing these activities ("Use of a Moderated Discussion Forum on the Internet for Patients to Share Experiences With New Diabetes Medications") was accepted by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in 2006.