e. g. , “gun control” 1391. (Walnut Creek, CA)-August 31, 1998 DIABETES RATES SOAR IN U. S. When 12-year-old Jake Dunigan’s lab tests revealed a gene marker for diabetes and evidence that his body was beginning to destroy its ability to produce insulin, no one was surprised. Just devastated. Diabetes has been plaguing generations of Dunigans, striking young and old in the Londonderry, N. H. , family. Hoping to save some of the insulin-producing beta cells in Jake’s pancreas, his father, Jay who also suffers from diabetes enrolled Jake in a clinical trial…… . (Walnut Creek, CA)-August 31, 1998 DIABETES RATES SOAR IN U. S. When 12-year-old Jake Dunigan’s lab tests revealed a gene marker for diabetes and evidence that his body was beginning to destroy its ability to produce insulin, no one was surprised. Just devastated. Diabetes has been plaguing generations of Dunigans, striking young and old in the Londonderry, N. H. , family. Hoping to save some of the insulin-producing beta cells in Jake’s pancreas, his father, Jay who also suffers from diabetes enrolled Jake in a clinical trial…… . (MN) (MN)-August 10, 1998 DIABETES HITS INDIAN COMMUNITY FOND DU LAC HEALTH WORKERS FIGHT DISEASE THAT STRIKES 1 IN 4 Lyman LaFave, Jean DuFault and Sandi Savage know well the devastating consequences of uncontrolled diabetes. They’ve seen the disease cause blindness, amputations and death among friends and family members, and now each of them is struggling to keep diabetes from ravaging their own bodies. “I don’t want this, ” said Jean DuFault, director of the Fond du Lac Tribal Community Center. “It’s an ugly…… . (ND)-April 7, 1998 FIGHTING DIABETES Only the common cold brings more people into the Red Lake Hospital than diabetes. The disease affects more than one in five Red Lake tribal members. If left untreated, the blood sugar disease can lead to blindness, kidney and heart problems, and amputations. But an aggressive prevention and education program at the Red Lake Hospital has led to a 66 percent drop in the number of amputations over the last 10 years, according to Charmaine Branchaud, a registered nurse who is the diabetes…… . New York Times, The (NY)-January 17, 1998 Drug Makers at Threshold of a New Therapy With a Dose of Biotechnology, Big Change Is Ahead in the Treatment of Diabetes Few medical breakthroughs have been as dramatic as the 1921 discovery of insulin, which changed diabetes from a death sentence to a survivable disease. But diabetes and its complications remain a huge health problem. Now, a host of biotechnology companies are racing to develop new therapies that ultimately aim to go beyond merely treating symptoms to attacking the cause of the disease, in which the pancreas shuts down or fails to produce the correct amount of the insulin hormone, causing…… . -October 5, 1997 Overweight kids are found to have adult diabetes In San Antonio and across the nation, physicians who specialize in children with diabetes are reaching the same startling conclusion: a sizable percentage of their patients now have the adult, rather than the juvenile, form of the disease. The discovery has taken doctors by surprise. No studies guide them on how to treat these children, most of whom are poor, overweight and members of ethnic minority groups. None of the drugs used to treat Type 2, adult-onset diabetes is approved for…… . The Dallas Morning News-August 25, 1997 Fight against diabetes grows on minority front Four years ago, during a routine physical exam, Clara Grant, 56, learned she had diabetes. So, after a lifelong high-fat, high-calorie diet, Mrs. Grant is learning how to eat a healthy diet in a class for diabetics at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Health Clinic in South Dallas. “I used to eat anything I wanted and as much as I wanted-ice cream, cookies, pizza, french fries, ” Mrs. Grant says. “They got me more aware of being in good health. …… . (IN)-June 29, 1997 DIABETES: THE DISEASE THAT ROBS BEFORE IT KILLS *KIDNEY PROBLEMS, BLINDNESS, STROKES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CAN RESULT FROM UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES. You could be one of the 8 million Americans with undagnosed diabetes. Just because you haven’t experienced the classic symptoms of excessive thirst, frequent urination and weight loss doesn’t mean you don’t have the disease. And the longer it goes undiagnosed, the more severe the consequences, a situation the federal government hopes to address by recommending everyone over 45 be tested for diabetes every three years. The new guideline could not…… . The Tampa Tribune-June 25, 1997 Diabetes fight draws bipartisan support SUMMARY: Expanding Medicare benefits for the estimated 16 million Americans with diabetes appears to be one of the few budget items with bipartisan support in Congress. WASHINGTON–Few lawmakers are considered more liberal than U. S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse, a Democrat from Portland, Ore. , and not many are more conservative than Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia. Yet they’ve cast political differences aside to fight a common enemy: diabetes. The disease…… . (TX)-May 27, 1997 STATE DIABETES BILL WOULD FOCUS ON PREVENTIVE CARE, Nueces ranks third in diabetes deaths in Texas legislation could create education pilot program AUSTIN-A bill to start a test program aimed at reducing the effects of diabetes, the sixth-ranked killer of Texans, is one step closer to becoming law. The measure by state Rep. Richard Raymond has been approved by both the House and Senate. Minor differences in the two versions mean that it would need Senate approval of the new version, which is expected within days. Then the bill would go to Gov. George W. Bush for his signature. Bush will have to analyze the legislation before……