Study finds new guide to diabetes Pennington Biomedical among contributors With a few moderate lifestyle changes, people at risk for Type 2 diabetes can delay the onset of or possibly prevent the disease. That’s the good news released Wednesday from a nationwide study conducted by 27 medical centers, including the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. “It should help us counteract the feelings of fatalism that many people at risk have about type 2 diabetes, ” said Kim Spratley, district director of…… . Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)-July 15, 2001 Day I was told I had diabetes Like one of those insidious alien invasions beloved of sci-fi buffs, diabetes is silently entering our bodies at an alarming rate. It doesn’t exhibit itself in the form of a third eye, protruding fangs or even pointy ears, and it shows no obvious visible characteristics as it wreaks havoc. One million Australians have been diagnosed with diabetes, and an estimated further million have it but don’t know it. Every ten minutes, another Australian is diagnosed…… . -June 22, 2001 Woman, 2 sons will “put a face’ on diabetes in D. C. Pamela Bell decided she would do anything to fight juvenile diabetes after her brother committed suicide last year. Greg Ziegler, 38, had suffered with juvenile diabetes, also known as type I diabetes, and depression most of his life, she said. On Feb. 2, 2000, he turned off his insulin pump. A day later, he died from complications attributed to lack of insulin. “He always said he didn’t want to live through getting his legs cut off and blindness, ” two…… . (MA)-April 2, 2001 THE 24/7 DISEASE CARING FOR DIABETIC SON IS LABOR OF LOVE COLUMN: BATTLING DIABETES Kim Brassard crawls out of bed every night between 2 and 4 a. m. First, she feeds her 5-month-old daughter Amanda. Then, she goes into her son Dean’s bedroom and, taking hold of one of the 5-year-old’s fingers, she pricks the side of the fingertip, then massages it until a small spot of blood appears. Taking a blood glucose monitor, she touches a testing strip to the blood, then waits for numbers to show up on the screen, which…… . (AL)-April 2, 2001 AGENT ORANGE AFTERMATH LINK WITH DIABETES MEANS VIETNAM VETS CAN GET BENEFITS The VA’s decision to link adult-onset diabetes to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War is expected to mean disability benefits and health care for an estimated 178, 000 veterans. In Alabama, Department of Veterans Affairs officials are bracing themselves for an impact, since the state has 147, 000 Vietnam-era veterans and a high prevalence of diabetes. ”It’s going to be a big challenge, ” said Dr. Jack…… . Los Angeles Times-January 18, 2001 Hormone Found as Link Between Obesity, Diabetes Researchers have discovered what appears to be a key link between diabetes and its single greatest risk factor: obesity. The finding, reported in today’s issue of the journal Nature, offers the prospect of more powerful drugs–with fewer side effects–for treating the disease, which affects 15 million Americans and more than 100 million people worldwide. Scientists have known that obesity is strongly linked to diabetes, but did not understand how the extra pounds interfere…… . -December 10, 2000 DIABETES DIAGNOSIS FORCES LIFESTLYE CHANGE CHEYENNE–Forty-six year old Mary Calkins discovered she had diabetes 18 months ago. “It’s changed my life dramatically, ” Calkins said. Three or four times a day, she pricks her finger and drips blood on a test strip to measure her blood glucose level. “I try to keep it between 70 and 110, ” she said. When she measured it Saturday at the Diabetes Expo 2000 in Cheyenne, it was 76. “Good job, …… . Jerusalem Post, The (Israel)-October 8, 2000 Diabetes is nectar to the Big Pharm beehive Free cups of cola, sugared coffee and tea, cakes and cookies at a diabetes conference? That’s the equivalent of a convention of dentists handing out candy at the door, or cardiologists smoking during breaks between lectures. The massive pharmaceutical company exhibition attached to the 36th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) last month-with nearly 9, 000 participants from 80 countries, the largest medical gathering in…… . (NJ)-September 18, 2000 HISPANICS NEW TO U. S. MUST ADJUST THEIR LIFESTYLES, OR RISK DIABETES FIGHT When he was 30, local resident Artemio Acosta was diagnosed with diabetes. Prescriptions and insulin followed. Today, at 61, his kidneys are not working well even though he is, for the first time, paying attention to what he eats. He said dialysis treatment and possible transplants would be harder to live with than the disease itself. Acosta needs two shots of insulin every day-one at 8 a. m. , the other at 6 p. m. When his wife, Fermina, is not around, he does it himself. Like…… . (Riverside, CA)-June 27, 2000 Anti-diabetes campaign to focus on Inland blacks: An information and treatment program will be launched in September. An unlucky combination of genes, unhealthy lifestyle, poverty and culture has tripled the diabetes rate among blacks over the past 30 years, and Inland health officials are determined to reverse the trend. Blacks are 1. 7 times more likely than non-Latino whites to have the chronic disorder. What’s more, one-fourth of black women over age 55 and seniors ages 65 through 74 have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. To combat this toll, the University of……