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Type 2 diabetes is a huge epidemic in the Native American community. It is affecting Native Americans more?

more than the U.S. population. Is there anyone that can identify the legislation that is linked to this issue?

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How am i 18 5’10 146 lbs, African American and have type 2 diabetes?

my great grandmother was a type 2 diabetic but how is it possible i am so skinny.
i also have a fat stomach. i’m not really skinny i’m like medium. but i have had a lot of fat on my belly since i was 8 and it has been really hard to get rid of.

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What percent of the American population has diabetes type 1 and type 2?

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Joins the American Diabetes Association’s Movement to Stop Diabetes(R)

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Joins the American Diabetes Association’s Movement to Stop Diabetes(R)
ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwire – August 18, 2010) – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) is joining forces with the American Diabetes Association ‘s African American Initiatives — known as Live EMPOWERED — to stop diabetes in the African American Community. The collaboration is driven by the reality that African Americans are greatly affected by diabetes; they are 1.8 times more likely to have type 2 …

American Heart Association Comment: Advisory Committee Recommends that U.S. Food and Drug Administration Keep …

American Heart Association Comment: Advisory Committee Recommends that U.S. Food and Drug Administration Keep …
DALLAS, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — After two days of hearings, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the FDA allow the type 2 diabetes drug rosiglitazone (brand name, Avandia), to stay on the market, but with most committee members suggesting that the label be revised to include increased warnings. Rosiglitazone is one in a class of drugs …

Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Lorcaserin to Be Featured in Presentations at the American Diabetes Association’s 70th …

Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Lorcaserin to Be Featured in Presentations at the American Diabetes Association’s 70th …
PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that new data analyses from lorcaserin’s pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial program will be presented in poster sessions at the American Diabetes Association’s 70th Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida.

McKesson Corporation and the American Diabetes Association Team Up to Help Stop Diabetes

McKesson Corporation and the American Diabetes Association Team Up to Help Stop Diabetes
SAN FRANCISCO—-McKesson Corporation, the nation’s largest healthcare services and information technology company, is supporting the American Diabetes Association in their movement to Stop Diabetes by helping to raise awareness among school children of the seriousness of type 2 diabetes.