OFFICIALS URGE MORE DIABETES TESTING It’s estimated that nearly a third of people in Alabama with diabetes are unaware they have the disease, and health officials are encouraging people to find out whether they have a condition called pre-diabetes. The government last week said that most middle-aged people should get tested so they can take steps to prevent full-blown diabetes. Alabama has the nation’s fourth-highest rate of diabetes, according to the National Institutes of Health. …… a. (AL)-March 6, 2002 DOCTOR DEVOTES LIFE TO DIABETES RESEARCH Diabetes has consumed Dennis Pillion’s life. Not because he has the disease, it’s because he studies the disease. “More than a third of the people who have diabetes do not know they have it, ” Pillion said. “The complications due to diabetes are not only very devastating, but also very expensive. ” That is why he has made it his mission to educate diabetic patients and the public. The Bluff…… . Sunday Tasmanian (Australia)-February 24, 2002 keeping diabetes at bay DID you know that getting older increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes?The prevalence of diabetes among Tasmanians aged 65 years plus is more than 20%–that’s one in five people. And a lot of them don’t even know it. The Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Study, conducted in all states in 2000, found that one-third of all adults in this older age group who took part in Tasmania were unaware that they even had the illness. Type 2 diabetes…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . -September 5, 2001 Doctor’s diabetes logic was ahead of its time A family history of diabetes prompted the late Dr. Saul S. Trevino to become one of the pioneers in diabetes prevention and treatment in 1950s San Antonio. The genetic predisposition to the disease also inspired his son, Saul G. Trevino Jr. , to become a physician who now works with diabetic patients in Galveston. “There was diabetes in our family, ” said Trevino Jr. , a professor of orthopedics specializing in foot and ankle ailments at the University…… . El Nuevo Herald-September 1, 2001 NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS PARA TRATAR LA DIABETES Tres nuevas medidas para controlar y quizás impedir el desarrollo de la diabetes en pacientes de alto riesgo, pondrá en práctica la comunidad médica internacional, al tiempo que en Estados Unidos se perfecciona la famosa `Pompa de Insulina’ para quienes padecen la diabetes tipo 2. Las nuevas reglas de juego para controlar y disminuir esta enfermedad se adoptaron en la más reciente conferencia internacional de endocrinología y diabetes en Washington D. C. este 20 de Agosto y……