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Article: Diabetes.(Special Section)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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A Message from Dr. James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., President of Morehouse School of Medicine, Chairman of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), and Past President of the American Diabetes Association.
Every rear the American Diabetes Association is afforded the opportunity to work with EBONY magazine to develop a better understanding of the serious impact diabetes has on our African-American community. This has been an important partnership and a beneficial service to the community, according to feedback we have received over the years.
Unfortunately, 18.2 million people in the United States now have diabetes, with 1 million new cases every ...