761. Flint Journal, The (MI)-October 21, 2000 DIABETES TAKES CENTER STAGE EVENTS TO OFFER HELP WITH DIAGNOSIS, CONTROL Jean Queen, diagnosed with diabetes 26 years ago, has avoided complications that come with the illness, but she doesn’t test her luck. People with diabetes are four times more likely to go blind than those without diabetes. Queen has a dilated eye screening each year to make sure the vessels supplying blood to the retina are healthy. “I have to stay on top of it, or things will break down, ” Queen said. Over time, diabetes weakens vessels, …… . (Madison, WI)-September 25, 2000 WOMAN BELIEVES DIABETES CURE NEAR< IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND Rita Offerdahl walks against diabetes because she remembers the past and hopes for the future. Last year, she walked with her husband, John, in his wheelchair, and their beloved Seeing Eye dog, Fritz. Their teen-age son, Eric, walked with them. Barely five weeks later, John’s 32-year battle with diabetes ended when he died after a cardiac arrest. Rita Offerdahl returned to Warner Park on Sunday to join the “Walk to Cure Diabetes 2000, ” an annual…… . -August 1, 2000 Authorities call for more testing, care for diabetes Authorities call for more testing, care for diabetes WASHINGTON–The statistic is dismal: Americans too often have the most common form of diabetes silently festering for up to 12 years before they’re diagnosed. That’s 12 years that diabetes quietly eats away your vision, injures your kidneys and nerves and sets you up for heart disease–damage that’s preventable if only people learned sooner that they have Type 2 diabetes. Worse, half of…… . -May 10, 2000 Conroe Regional receives certificate for its diabetes education program Conroe Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Outpatient Self Management Center has received the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for meeting rigorous national standards for its diabetes self management education. The standards were developed and tested under the auspices of the National Diabetes Advisory Board in 1983 and revised in 1994. Programs that receive the certificate must undergo a rigorous review process by diabetes experts who evaluate…… . -May 10, 2000 Conroe Regional receives certificate for its diabetes education program Conroe Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Outpatient Self Management Center has received the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for meeting rigorous national standards for its diabetes self management education. The standards were developed and tested under the auspices of the National Diabetes Advisory Board in 1983 and revised in 1994. Programs that receive the certificate must undergo a rigorous review process by diabetes experts who evaluate…… . Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY)-May 8, 2000 CNY 10-YEAR-OLD CAMPAIGNS TO FIND A CURE FOR DIABETES Alexandra BetGeorge has had Type 1 diabetes since she was 2 years old. Now, at age 10, she and more than 1, 500 other diabetes advocates are pressing the National Institutes of Health to find a cure. Since last August, Alexandra has collected more than 4, 600 signatures from friends and family to support a $1 billion diabetes research budget in the American Diabetes Association’s annual Rally for a Cure in Washington, D. C. , which was held in March. More than 3. 2 million signatures…… . Sun-Sentinel-February 20, 2000 HEAVY BURDEN DIABETES IS THE ‘EPIDEMIC OF THE MILLENNIUM’ THANKS TO TOO MANY CALORIES AND TOO LITTLE EXERCISE. The figures are startling. Some 16 million Americans have diabetes, and about one-third of them don’t know it. Globally, more than 135 million people are afflicted, and the World Health Organization predicts that more than 300 million will have the disease by 2025. Moreover, a record number of children are developing the type of diabetes they can avoid. One recent Florida study showed that nearly 20 percent of all youngsters between 5 and 19 years old being treated for the…… . Hamilton Spectator, The (Ontario, Canada)-November 30, 1999 Lifestyle linked to Type 2 diabetes; Key to disease’s rise is reduced exercise An American researcher says diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions for two reasons–we’re getting fatter and not exercising as much as we used to. Dr. Peter H. Bennett said the problem isn’t necessarily tied to eating more food. In fact, he said, a British study has shown that in the last 15 to 20 years people have been eating less. “One has to conclude the real change is a decrease in physical activity while eating the same…… . , The (FL)-November 27, 1999 AUTHOR: DIABETES CAN’T BE IGNORED Morton Stone has been writing about diabetes for 30 years. But when his doctor told him he had a high blood-sugar level, he didn’t believe it. “I fought with my doctor for a year, ” said the 70-year-old Sarasota resident and coauthor of “A Touch of Diabetes” (John Wiley & Sons, 1999, $13. 95). “I told him, ‘What are you talking about? I don’t have high blood sugar. ‘ He…… . Palabra (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)-13 de noviembre del 1999 Invitan a simposium de diabetes, Pacientes, familiares, profesionistas y estudiantes de la salud podrán acudir hoy al Noveno Simposium de Actualización en Diabetes, en el Ateneo Fuente Si usted o un familiar padece diabetes, hoy es el día para que aprenda más sobre esta enfermedad y de esta manera tenga un mejor control de ella. Esta oportunidad de mantener informado se debe a la Asociación Mexicana de Diabetes Delegación Coahuila A. C. , que una vez más invita a pacientes, familiares, profesionistas, estudiantes del área de salud y público en general a su Simposium de Actualización en Diabetes. Con el lema “La educación en diabetes, medio para un…… a