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Sean Rossman , WTLV 10:51 PM. EDT April 16, 2017

The rate at which America's kids are diagnosed with diabetes is climbing and researchers don't know why. (Photo: AndreyPopov, Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The rate at which America's kids are diagnosed with diabetes is climbing and researchers don't know why.

A first-ever study of new diabetes diagnoses of U.S. youth under age 20 found both Types 1 and 2 diabetes surged from 2002-2012.

The diagnosis of new cases of Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, increased about 5% each year from 2002 to 2012, the study said, while new cases of Type 1, the most common form for young people, went up about 2% every year.

The National Institutes of Health, which funded the study along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the cause of the rise is "unclear."

"These findings lead to many more questions," explained Dr. Barbara Linder, senior advisor for childhood diabetes research at NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. "The differences among racial and ethnic groups and between genders raise many questions. We need to understand why the increase in rates of diabetes development varies so greatly and is so concentrated in specific racial and ethnic groups."

The study, published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed higher rates of diabetes diagnoses among minorities. Type 2 diabetes, which the CDC stated makes up about 90% to 95% of diagnosed diabetes cases, rose by 8.5% in Asian Americans ages 10-19. Blacks in the same age group saw a 6.3% increase, followed by a 3.1% bump in Hispanics and whites at fewer than a 1% increase.

Hispanics saw the biggest rate increase of Type 1 diabetes with a 4.2% increase, followed by blacks at 2.2% and whites at 1.2%

In terms of gender, girls and women 10-19 saw a 6.2% increase in Type 2 diabetes, while men and boys of the same age experienced a 3.7% increase. Across all age groups, Type 1 diabetes increased 2.2% in males and 1.4% in females.

CDC epidemiologist Dr. Giuseppina Imperatore said those who develop diabetes at a young age are at risk of developing complications from the disease earlier, lowering their quality of life, shortening life expectancy and increasing health care costs.

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Diabetes is on the rise in America's kids and experts don't know why - WTSP 10 News

Home Diabetes Good and bad news for diabetes incidence

Diabetes plagues millions of Americans, and according to recent studies, this number will only keep rising. Despite this increasing trend, advancing science has allowed doctors and medical professionals to better treat diabetic patients and their heart-related complications.

The first of two studies conducted on diabetes patients looked at the incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in U.S. children. It found that that, from 2002 to 2012, the rates of both had increased, especially among racial and ethnic minorities. The study reported that type 1 diabetes was increasing at a rate of 1.8 percent a year, with Hispanic children specifically seeing an increase of 4.2 percent a year. Type 2 diabetes is seeing a much faster increase, however, as the annual rate had risen by 4.8 percent during the study period, with its incidence in black children seeing an increase to 6.3 percent, Asian/Pacific Islander children to 8.5 percent, and Native American children to almost 9 percent, annually.

The increase in incidence of type 2 diabetes is likely related primarily to the increases in overweight and obesity in youth, although this is not the only reason, said Mayer-Davis. Shes a professor of nutrition and medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The second study provided some positive news, however, detailing Swedish researchers looking into the incidence of heart disease and stroke in both types of diabetes, finding that there was actually a drop seen. The study followed nearly 37,000 people with type 1 diabetes and more than 457,000 people with type 2, comparing them to similar people without the metabolic disease as a control. The researchers found a roughly 40 percent reduction in heart disease and stroke in people with type 1 diabetes, and a roughly 20 percent drop was seen in type 2 patients as well.

These studies highlight our concerns about the increasing prevalence of diabetes. Every 23 seconds, another person is diagnosed with diabetes [in the United States], said Dr. William Cefalu, chief scientific, medical and mission officer for the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Dr. Cefalu goes on to say that he is pleased to learn about the Swedish study report, as it shows that progress is being made in the right direction. He and his colleagues are vigilant in the pursuit of finding the best treatments for diabetes and all its complications in the hopes that one day they will find a cure. As it stands today, diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide, and ongoing research in this department will help the lives of people around the globe.

It is estimated that in the U.S., 29 million people have diabetes, with the majority of individuals having the type 2 variant. Only about 1.3 million have the type 1 variant.

Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile onset diabetes, is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, where the individuals own body attacks the cells that produce insulin, making them insulin deficient. Type 1 diabetes patients must replace their insulin deficit through insulin injections.

The specific genes and environmental/behavioral factors that cause type 2 diabetes are different than those that cause type 1 diabetes, explained Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, the author of the study on diabetes incidence in children.

The researchers believe that greater advances in treatments and managements of diabetes have led to the study results seen, hoping to see this trend continue.

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News

Diabetes may be responsible for nearly four times as many American deaths as reported on death certificates, which would move diabetes from the seventh-leading cause of death to the third, according to a recent study.

Kentucky has the 12th highest diabetes death rate in the nation.

We argue diabetes is responsible for 12 percent of deaths in the U.S., rather than [the] 3.3 percent that death certificates indicate, lead study author Andrew Stokes of the Boston University School of Public Health, told Arlene Karidis of The Washington Post.

Adult diabetes rates in Kentucky, 2013-15, ranging from 8 to 22 percent

Researchers say this discrepancy occurs because diabetes is often the main underlying cause of death, but is not mentioned on the death certificate. For example, the death certificate may list heart disease as the cause of death, but doesnt note that the heart disease was caused by diabetes.

The study, published in the online journal PLOS One, analyzed findings from two large national surveys, one that provided levels of A1C, a test that shows average blood sugar over two to three months, and another that provided self-reported diabetes information. Researchers compared the death rates of the diabetics in the surveys to information on their death certificates.

While the study concluded that 12 percent of deaths were caused by diabetes, by far the highest proportion of deaths attributable to diabetes, 19.4 percent, occurred among obese people, compared to only 8.8 percent among the non-obese. It also found that diabetics had a 90 percent higher death rate over a five-year period than non-diabetics, accounting for other factors.

About 13.4 percent of Kentucky adults have diabetes, compared to the national rate of 9.9 percent, according to the 2015 Kentucky Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. And the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as one in three Kentucky adults have pre-diabetes, and many of them dont know.

Almost 35 percent of Kentucky adults are considered obese, which places them at a higher risk of diabetes and death from it.

These findings point to an urgent need for strategies to prevent diabetes in the general population. For those already affected, they highlight the importance of timely diagnosis and aggressive management to prevent complications, such as coronary heart disease, stroke and lower-extremity amputations, Stokes told Karidis. He added that a better understanding of the actual number of deaths caused by diabetes would improve messaging, funding and policy decisions, such as taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and sue of subsidies to make healthy foods more accessible.

Diabetes symptoms and tips to get moving

Diabetics either have Type 1 diabetes, in which the body doesnt make any insulin, or Type 2, in which the body has difficulty producing and using insulin. Insulin allows a persons body to use sugar that is found in food for energy, or to store it for later. It helps keep blood sugar levels from getting too high or too low.

Type I cannot be prevented, but Type II, which is more common, can be prevented or delayed with a healthy lifestyle, including maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly.

Early symptoms of Type II diabetes include increased thirst, frequent urination, feelings of unusual hunger, dry mouth and weight gain or loss, Medicine Net reports in a slideshow article. WebMD reports the same symptoms for Type I diabetes.

Other symptoms include headaches, fatigue and blurred vision, frequent yeast infections or urinary tract infections, itchy skin, or an infection or sore that takes a long time to heal. Vaginal dryness in women and impotence in men are also complications that can arise from Type II diabetes.

Medicine Net notes that smoking, being overweight or obese, lack of exercise, consuming a diet that is high in processed meat, fat, sweets and red meats and high cholesterol increases a persons risk of Type II diabetes, as does women who had gestational diabetes in pregnancy and people with a family history of the disease.

In addition to working with a health care provider to create a healthy eating plan, its also important for diabetics to exercise because this helps to lower blood glucose levels, and lowers the risk of heart disease and nerve damage, both common risks of diabetes.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some tips for diabetics to get moving and keep going, including:

First, check with you doctor before starting a new or more difficult activity. Start slow and build up gradually; start with 10 minutes of walking and build up to 30. Results are often immediate. Check your blood sugar before and after the walk. Find an activity you enjoy. Walking and dancing cost nothing.

Squeeze activity into the day; take the stairs, play with the kids, move during commercials. Make a plan; prepare for exercise the night before, put it on the calendar. Make a specific goal. For example, I am going to walk a mile every day for a month. Work out with a partner. Dont go more than two days in a row without being active. Do it for the T-shirt: Sign up for a 5K run/walk and train for it.

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Study shows diabetes' deaths may be four times higher than reported; state has 12th highest rate - KyForward.com

Tyler, TX If you or a family member have diabetes, you are encouraged to learn more, get connected, and get on top of this serious disease by attending UT Health Northeasts free Empower Diabetes classes beginningMay 2in classroom 3207 at UT Health Northeast, located at 11937 U.S. 271 in Tyler, at the corner of U.S. 271 and State Highway 155.

Disease management is the goal of the Empower Diabetes program. Each session provides information for better diabetes self-management and guidelines for living a healthy lifestyle.Classes are freeand topics include:

May 2

9:00-10:00 a.m.- What is Diabetes?

10:00-11:00 a.m.- Managing High and Low Blood Sugars and Sick Days

May 9

9:00-10:00 a.m.- Medications/Insulin

10:00-10:30 a.m.- Monitoring

10:30-11:00 a.m.- Stress/Coping

May 16

9:00-10:00 a.m.- Exercise

10:00-11:00 a.m.- Foot Care

May 23

9:00-10:30 a.m.-Meal Planning

10:30-11:00 a.m.- Goal Setting

July 11

9:00-11:00 a.m.- Reunion (Follow-Up)Class

Blood sugar and blood pressure testing are provided at the first class and at the reunion class.

Space is limited, and early registration is encouraged. Sessions include educational materials and door prizes.

To register, call(903) 877-7569or emailkrista.lindley@uthct.edu

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Type 2 diabetes can wreak havoc on your health. While lifestyle changes can help keep diabetes under control, many patients require oral medications or insulin injections as forms of treatment, too. Watch the video for how diabetes affects your body. Time

Mary Fortune, executive vice president of the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, pictured here with Bailey, one of DFM's Diabetic Alert Dogs, has lived with the disease 50 years.(Photo: Special to The Clarion-Ledger)

To invert a popular adage, it can take a child to raise a village or, in this case, a child who grew up with diabetes and as an adult vividly recalls what it was like.

A self-described free spirit, Mary Fortune has trekked the world despite a particularly brittle case of type 1 diabetes, traveling the Pacific Coast Highway on the back of a motorcycle, even in the immediate aftermath of a low blood sugar episode, and riding the rails of Europe, where she remembers asking for food from a train window in Hamburg during another hypoglycemic moment (blood glucose monitoring was not available in those days).

But she had one limitation.

She was told that because of her condition she should never try to get pregnant. That was the conventional wisdom in those days.

Yet, as she marks her 50th anniversary with diabetes a demanding and often unforgiving life partner Fortune says she feels as if she has raised an enormous family of those from across the state who like her had to come to terms in their youth or childhood with multiple daily insulin injections, finger sticks, blood sugar highs and lows, rigorous attention to diet and exercise and the kind of health complications that can beset even the most conscientious.

Theyre all my children, hundreds who have grown up with diabetes, and Im still in touch with quite a few, said Fortune, executive vice president of the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. Ive followed their lives and careers, engagements, weddings, births, successes and failures, times of crisis and grief, and times of joy.

And making this Mississippi matriarch of diabetes particularly proud this week are those children and adults she has mentored over the years who will be participating in the Diabetes Foundations 14th Annual Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Luncheon from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Country Club of Jackson.

Proceeds will go to support the foundations Camp Kandu for children with diabetes and their families. The need has never been greater, because new studies have shown the rates of children being diagnosed with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes have increased dramatically, especially among racial and ethnic minorities.

Nationally between 2001 and 2009,the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes increased 21 percent among children up to age 19, according to astudy funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among those ages 10 to 19 rose 30 percent during the same period, the study, released in 2014, found.Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, the hormone needed to allow sugar into cells to produce energy. Type 2 diabetesoccurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't make enough insulin.

We are up at Batson Childrens Hospital seeing newly diagnosed children far more than we used to be, Fortune said.

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Among those taking to the runway will be Charlie Mozingo, 41, the founder of Mozingo Clothiers in Fondren, who was introduced to Fortune after his diagnosis at the age of 10 and who in adulthood has been working with the foundation as a volunteer and board member.

Mozingo Clothiers is excited to be a part of this years fashion show, he said. We are dressing seven gentlemen in everything from custom clothing to some of our more casual attire. (As GQ might advise, Look for bold windowpanes in sport coats with lightweight materials that are both soft and comfortable, Mozingo said.)

Also taking part will be the foundations communications coordinator, Kaitlan Alford, 23, who was diagnosed with Type 1 at age 9 after spending two days in a coma.

My diagnosis was dramatic for everyone, really intense, and I saw how it affected my family, she said. We were all in a sense diagnosed. My mother saw me going through all this, the 2 a.m. blood sugar checks every night, but she knew I could handle it and take care of myself, which made me feel like I could do anything.

Kaitlan Alford, diagnosed as a child with Type 1 diabetes, was 14 when she walked the runway nine years ago at the Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Brunch in Jackson to raise money for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi's children's programs. Now an adult, she is the foundation's communications coordinator.(Photo: Special to The Clarion-Ledger)

Soft-spoken and demure, Alford had to fight back tears as she recalled how the disease has affected her mother, as well as the way Fortune reached out to her, first as a friend and mentor but then as the one who hired her after college.

I get emotional when I talk about it, Alford said. I dont just work here. Its not just us helping others. Mary helps me. We talk about things we both go through, trying to juggle the complex set of challenges that diabetes presents while at the same time trying to live a normal life.

Kaitlan Alford, 23, communications coordinator for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, first walked the runway at the foundation's Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Brunch in Jackson. Alford, who has Type 1 diabetes, still participates in the event that raises money for the foundation's children's programs.(Photo: Special to The Clarion-Ledger)

At one of the foundations many statewide fund-raising walks, a child touched Alfords life in a way that she said still stands out in her mind.

My mom walked over to me and introduced me to this tiny, blond curlyhaired boy with blue eyes that could melt anyones heart, Alford said. He was 3 years old, and he had been diagnosed with Type 1 at 18 months."

She said that her eyes immediately filled with tears. Describing how I felt is nearly impossible, Alford said. I was hurting for him because I knew what he was going through, and I was empowered by him because he was 3 and dealing with challenges I didnt have to face until I was 9.

Ayden Wolken, 10, seen here with a bull at this year's Dixie National Rodeo Show, was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 18 months old.(Photo: Special to The Clarion-Ledger)

Alford said the boy, Ayden Wolken of Mendenhall, now 10 and competing on the soccer field and at livestock shows, inspired her to be even more courageous and determined while living with diabetes. Seeing him thriving now continues to inspire me, she said.

These are the kinds of moments that those at the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi make possible because of their passion for not merely helping others, but for changing lives.

The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippis 14th Annual Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Luncheon will feature models of all ages in spring and summer fashions, giveaways and an array of raffle items, as well as a Champagne lunch and a drawing for the 2017 Patty Peck Honda Car 4 a Cure. All money raised by the foundation remains in Mississippi to be used to improve the quality of life of children and adults with diabetes.

Being honored will be the foundations 2017 Women of Excellence, Dr. Jane-Claire Boyd Williams of GI Associates and Dr. Beverly Hogan, president of Tougaloo College.

What: The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippis 14th Annual Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Luncheon

Where: The Country Club of Jackson

When:11 a.m.-1 p.m. April 20

Cost: $70 per ticket

For more information, call 601-957-7878 or visit msdiabetes.org (click on Events).

Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes, isa chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, the hormone needed to allow sugar into cells to produce energy.

Type 2 diabetes, once call adult-onset diabetes, occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't make enough insulin.

Source: Mayo Clinic

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Diabetes drives children to help others - Jackson Clarion Ledger

Lets face it. You only get one body and if you want to be around awhile and enjoy good health, its your job to learn how to take care of it. Thats why I have been so pleased to attend the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes Healthier You series of eight classes that are held at the Enloe Conference Center and taught by Enloe Medical Center health professionals.

On March 20, I attended a class on prediabetes, presented by Mary Aram, clinical dietitian with Enloe Diabetes Services. Diabetes is a major health scourge of the modern age, and it is essential that you do what you can to keep from getting it, or if you have it already, to know how to control it.

There are two types of diabetes: Type I or childhood-onset diabetes and Type II, adult-onset diabetes. We are talking here about adult-onset or type II diabetes, a metabolic disorder in which the body becomes resistant to insulin, the hormone produced by the pancreas that lets the bodys cells take up sugar from the blood to use as energy for body functions.

People with type II diabetes have both high insulin levels and high blood-sugar levels, and that does a great deal of damage.

Diabetes can be associated with complications in about all organ systems and causes an increased rate of atherosclerosis (plaque on the lining of artery walls), stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, poor circulation, peripheral nerve damage, blindness, erectile dysfunction, and dementia.

As we exercise less, eat more, and choose foods poorly, the rates of this debilitating disease are ballooning. Between 1980 and 2009 the rate tripled. Diabetes is the sixth leading official cause of death among those who are over 65, and those who have diabetes have twice the risk of dying from other causes such as heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. According to Rebecca L. Ferrini and Armeda F. Ferrini in Health in the Later Years, to be diagnosed with diabetes at age 60 means that you have lost 7-10 years of life.

In addition, diabetes is the most costly chronic disease, requiring 25 percent of the total Medicare budget to treat. In this time of growing aged population and threats of government cuts to Medicare, this is an important consideration.

Alarmingly, poor life style choices are causing people to develop diabetes at an earlier age. In a recent study of California health, 43 percent of 18-39 year-olds in Butte County had prediabetes, and 10 percent already had developed diabetes. Unless this trend is reversed, huge numbers of future elders will be debilitated by this disease and require even more of the health care budget.

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There is good news. This is a medical condition in which the patients lifestyle changes can positively affect the disease outcome. Losing 5-7 percent of body weight (10-14 pounds for a 200-pound person) and getting a half hour of moderate exercise five times a week can significantly prevent or delay onset of diabetes.

Aram points out that when people reach their target blood glucose levels, most of the time they mitigate their incidence of diabetes complications by 60-70 percent.

Prediabetes often does not have any symptoms, so it is essential to be aware of risk factors, to have regular blood sugar tests, and to make immediate life-style changes if the tests indicate prediabetes.

The chance that you will get prediabetes increases if you

Are over age 45

Have African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage.

Have a parent or siblings with diabetes.

Are overweight.

Store extra fat in the abdomen (waist over 40 inches for men, 35 inches for women).

Are physically inactive (especially when sedentary for more than a two-hour period).

Have high blood pressure or you take high blood pressure medication.

Have low HDL cholesterol and/or high triglycerides.

Are a woman who had diabetes during pregnancy.

Have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

If you are over 45, even if you have no risk factors, you should have your blood sugar tested at least every three years. If you are over 65, have any risk factors, or previous tests have shown high blood sugar, you should be tested every year.

Discuss the results of your blood sugar tests with your physician. If your fasting glucose test is over 100, you are at the cut-off for prediabetes. This does not mean you should wait until you actually have diabetes before taking steps to improve your health. It means you have to act now.

If exercise is a dirty word for you, think in terms of activity that you enjoy. Little things can make a big difference: walk the dog every day; park the car farthest from where you are going; go for a 10-minute walk after meals.

If you are really out-of-shape, choose specific, measurable realistic goals, like walk for 10 minutes three times a day. Gradually, as you become stronger, you can raise the bar.

Regular exercise will help your body use insulin better and improve blood sugar levels. It also relieves stress, reduces depression and anxiety, and improves sleep. It will reduce heart disease and improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Finally you will lose fat and gain muscle. All of this will help prevent diabetes.

When people think of diabetes, they frequently think of reducing sugar intake, but several factors of diet and meal planning affect glucose level. The type of food, the timing of meals, and combinations of protein, carbohydrates and fat all play a part in the amount and speed at which glucose gets into the blood stream.

It is important to educate yourself about the glycemic index and learn which foods will cause a low and slow, rather than fast and high, increase in blood sugar. Helpful information can be found at http://www.glycemicindex.com.

Whether you have pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetes risk factors or you are simply interested in healthier living, you can sign up for a two-hour Prediabetes Education Class at the Enloe Outpatient Center, 888 Lakeside Village Commons, Bldg. C, Classroom A, Chico. Classes meet quarterly, on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. (check in at 5:30 p.m.).

The next classes will be held April 20 and July 20 so sign up now. Classes are $10. You can preregister at http://www.enloe.org (look under Healthier You, then by date under the Classes heading) or by calling the Enloe Public Relations Office.

As Aram emphasized, the purpose of these classes is to help patients become better advocates for themselves.

Two more presentations remain of the OLLI Healthier You series for this semester.

On April 17, Jeff Zelenski, manager of Enloe Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, will speak on Joint Health.

On April 24, Shawn Furst, DO, of the Enloe Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic will present information on Pain Management.

These classes, which are free and open to the public, are held at the Enloe Conference Center, 1528 The Esplanade, Chico, 2-3:30 p.m. Mondays.

Leslie Howard is a retired English teacher and certificated gerontologist. She welcomes comments and suggestions at leslie.t.howard@gmail.com.

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A senior moment: Are you doing your part to prevent getting diabetes? - Oroville Mercury Register

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation One Walk will kick off its annual event in Stroudsburg on Sunday, April 23 at Stroudsburg High School. Aiming to raise more than $74,000 to help fund critically needed type 1 diabetesresearch. The event, organized by JDRF Eastern PA, is expected to attract more than 500 supporters representing local businesses, families, schools, and other organizations. The event is one of more than 200 community JDRF One Walks nationwide that bring together hundreds of thousands of people each year who share JDRFs vision to create a world without type 1 diabetes.

This is a great opportunity to get family and friends together whether you have type 1 diabetes, know someone who does, or want to simply participate in an event that makes a huge impact on so many lives said Pat Delaney, Executive Director. Every walker and supporter will bring our community one step closer to turning Type One into Type None. We are grateful for the incredible support of the people of Stroudsburg,and supporters like Haltermans Toyota/Scion, who make it possible for JDRF to direct even more funding toward importanttype 1 diabetes research for the 1.25 million people with this serious disease.

JDRF encourages people of all ages driven to support the cause to participate in JDRF One Walk at Stroudsburg High School and enjoy a fun day with food catered by Momento Pizzeria & Restaurant. On-site registration begins at 1 p.m. at the high schoolstadium. The entire JDRF One Walk will be approximately 3 miles long, starting and ending inside the stadium.

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, life-threatening autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults at any age. In type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system destroys the cells that release insulin, eventually eliminating insulin production from the body. Type 1 diabetes requires rigorous 24/7 monitoring of blood glucose levels to avoid devastating complications.Type 1 diabetes onset is sudden and unpreventable and it is unrelated to diet or lifestyle.

JDRF One Walk is the largest and most powerful peer-to-peer fundraising programfor type 1 diabetes, raising more than $68 million annually. Since 1992, the event has raised more than $1 billion dollars fortype 1 diabetes research. This funding has enabled the search to find ways of preventing, delaying or halting the progression of T1D, and ultimately curing it; and has led to, life-changing drugs, treatments and devices many of which have already moved into clinical trials and real-world testing.

We are excited to be partnering with JDRF for this event to help fund much needed type 1 diabetes research,said Tom Schoeller, Event Chair.We are proud to be a part of this community which is so committed to relieving the burden experienced by people with type 1 diabetes and their families, and we share the same desire to rid the world of this disease.

JDRF gratefully acknowledges its local corporate partners for Eastern PA Chapters Walk including Sanofi-Aventis, Haltermans Toyota/Scion, ESSA Bank & Trust, and Momento Pizzeria &Restaurant among others.

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WESTBOROUGH Diabetes Basics and Nutrition, a free, six-week program, will take place from 10-11 a.m. May 5, 12 and 19, June 6, 9 and 16 at the Westborough Senior Center, 4 Rogers Road.

To register: 508-366-3000.

Week 1: What is diabetes? Type I and II will be discussed, as well as facts and myths about diabetes and diabetic symptoms.

Week 2: Introduction to home blood glucose monitoring. What to do on sick days will be discussed, as well as dealing with highs and lows.

Week 3: What are the possible complications of diabetes? Participants will learn how to treat wounds.

Week 4: Keeping fit with physical activity. Programs to promote increased physical activity for older adults. The importance of wearing a medical alert bracelet. Keeping hydrated. Weight management strategies. Dining Out Guidelines.

Week 5: What to do during weather extremes. Participants will discuss tips for traveling.

Week 6: Tying up loose ends.

For information: 508-366-3000.

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On the outside, you wouldn't know what this crowd has in common.

"I thought everybody had diabetes when I was a kid because I had it when I was a year and a half old," Tim Alcorn says. Tim has been managing his type 1 diabetes for 61 years.

Looking in, the group is just a small number of the millions of people affected by type 1 diabetes.

Tim's wifeBecki Alcornsays,"It's nice to know there are that many people out there that can manage and manage well and to know there's that much life left for everybody."

For 10, 25, 50 and even 75 years...and multiple insulin shots a day, patients with type 1 diabetes were recognized with a Lilly Diabetes Journey Award.

Sean Kinslerhas been managing his diabetes for 35 years. He says, "It's kind of nice to be able to say I made it this long and I'm going to continue to make it as long as I can make it."

"I'm happy to be here and I'm very proud actually to make it 61 years," Tim says.

Local award recipients join the thousands of individuals who have received the honor since the award was first established in 1975.

"It's wonderful because anybody who doesn't have diabetes doesn't realize what he or anyone with diabetes has to do just to be able to live," Becki says.

"The doctors used to joke and say 'Oh yeah you'll be in a wheel chair you'll lose a leg your eyesight and all this stuff you have to be worried about," Kinsler says. "I said 'Doctor...not me bud, just wait I'm going to prove you wrong.'"

Some say seeing others functioning so well with the same disease gives them a personal goal. Others, thankful for the insulin pumps that have helped them live so long. Most patients, lifting their hats, or insulin pumps to a virtual toast.

"I appreciate the day and I appreciate being able to be one that gets an award," Kinsler says.

This is the first time Deaconess held the celebration and staff says they plan to continue doing these awards annually.

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On the outside, you wouldn't know what this crowd has in common. - Tristatehomepage.com

Do you have Type 2 diabetes? Would you like to learn more about your disease and how to live well reducing your health risks? If so, Purdue Extension has a great program for you.

The Purdue ExtensionKnox County office in partnership with the Daviess Co. Purdue Extension Service consists of four two-hour sessions that will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on each Thursday during May with the first session scheduled on May 4 and the fourth session on May 25. Participants may also elect to have a follow-up session in June. The Dining with Diabetes program is open to those with diabetes, their family members and caretakers. The series of four sessions is $25/person or $35/couple. Pre-registration and payment is required no later than April 28. Participants are encouraged to attend all class sessions which will be held at the Knox County Extension Office, 4259 N. Purdue Road in Vincennes.

The educational programs and cooking school will help adults with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, to feel better, and reduce their risk of health complications. Those enrolling will learn how to prepare meals that are healthy, easy to prepare and taste good. Recipes will be demonstrated, and participants will have the opportunity to taste each one. Participants will also learn up-to-date information on nutrition, meal planning, exercise and how to understand common diabetes-related medical tests. Recipe and handouts will be given to each participant.

Diabetes is a very serious and costly disease, but research has shown that those who learn to manage their blood glucose (sugar) levels eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly can lower their risks of complications and lead a healthier and more productive life.

Purdue Extension Knox County and Daviess County are currently recruiting participants for this program. If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, or know someone and are part of the support system for an individual and are interested in being a part of this program, please call Purdue Extension office at 812-882-3509. Registration and program fee may be sent to: 4259 N. Purdue Road by April 28. The $25/$35 program fee includes educational classes, program materials and food sampling. Dining with Diabetes is offered statewide and is sponsored by Purdue Extension.

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