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Article: American Diabetes Association Alert Day Video - Do You Have Diabetes?
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- April 11, 2009
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Today is American Diabetes Alert(R) Day. The American Diabetes Association urges all Americans to learn about type 2 diabetes and whether they may have it. To help educate the public, the American Diabetes Association and one of its National Strategic Partners, Liberty Medical Supply, Inc., have teamed up to provide an online video that explains the symptoms and risks of diabetes.
According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is a serious disease that strikes nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States. It is named the "silent killer" because nearly one-fourth of those with the disease - 5.7 million - do not know they have it. Early ...