The number of diabetes cases among adolescents has nearly doubled since 2001, according to a new study by the American Medical Society. Those numbers are expected to quadruple by 2050.
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Amid alarming increases in Type 2 diabetes among children, evidence suggests pre-diabetic kids are falling through the cracks when it comes to prevention efforts.
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A Mississippi woman had her medical debt paid off following a project published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.
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NEWPORT, Arkansas – This is the most diabetic place in America.
None of those interviewed knew that. Not even the mayor. “I didn’t know it until you told me,” Mayor David Stewart said.
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Bombs are exploding across the nation, with injuries and casualties reaching the millions, but few recognize the war that is taking place, experts say.
That war is diabetes, and Mississippi is ground zero, the only state in the nation where every county is in what researchers call the diabetes belt.
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Dr. Karen Yeary brought The WORD to churches in the Arkansas Delta.
The former professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences decided to introduce a lifestyle intervention plan through places of worship — The Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance, a faith-based weight loss intervention to stem the ravages of diabetes.
Frank Henn knew something was wrong on his spring break trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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Amid the worst pandemic in a century, Mississippi is leading the nation in increased diabetes deaths per capita, according to a just-released study.
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GoFundMe began as a place to support social and similar causes, but now families battling diabetes are using the fundraising platform as a last-ditch attempt to cover the skyrocketing price of their life-saving drugs and supplies.
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What started as a normal doctor’s appointment for Kaitlyn Wright quickly morphed into something more ominous.
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My hands trembled as my fears grew. The bright fluorescent lights blinded my eyes. A loud creak sounded from the door as the doctor entered.
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As McDaniel waited in her Toyota Prius for the light to turn green, a silver BMW sedan driven by a 16-year-old girl barrelled through the intersection, police said, failing to yield to an SUV turning left.
The two cars collided, knocking the SUV into McDaniel and spinning her car around.
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