Article: Harveys Lake, Pa., Walk Raises Money to Fight Diabetes.

Byline: Steve Mocarsky

Oct. 6--HARVEYS LAKE -- Braving Sunday morning's chill, several hundred people walked around Harveys Lake to raise money for the fight against a disease that afflicts more than 16,000 of Luzerne County's 315,000 residents.

Officials hope the American Diabetes Association's Walk for Diabetes at Harveys Lake will raise at least $40,000 for local diabetes research and education, said Marion Munley, manager for the association's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton office.

"There are 30 research trials being conducted at research hospitals in ... Pennsylvania alone," Munley said.

Diabetes is a disease that prevents the body from ...

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