Diabetes: 24 Million Children and Adults in the United States Living with Diabetes

Diabetics are at increased risk for complications from influenza, including 2009 H1N1 Swine flu virus. There are important steps and everyday precautions that people with diabetes should take, in order to stay healthy this flu season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The American Diabetes Association, this November American Diabetes Month, says it is a time to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control. For years, the American Diabetes Association has used this month as an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease and its serious complications.

However, this year, the organization is taking a bolder, more audacious approach. With nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States living with diabetes, and an additional 57 million Americans at risk, simple awareness will no longer suffice. One out of every three children born today will face a future with diabetes if current trends continue. Diabetes is not merely a condition. It is an epidemic disease. Drastic action is needed, and a new hope is required.

So, this November join the American Diabetes Association in officially launching a national movement to Stop Diabetes – help us confront it, fight it, and most importantly, stop it.

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Key Messages for American Diabetes Month

· Starting with American Diabetes Month, the American Diabetes Association will encourage people across the country to take the pledge to Stop Diabetes.

· Stop Diabetes will be a movement. A movement is an idea that gains momentum one person at a time.

· Stopping Diabetes will take courage, hope, and commitment.

· It will also take action.

· Join the American Diabetes Association in November, and helps us launch the . . .

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FDA Blindness Warning: Improper Use of Decorative Contact Lenses May Haunt You When Purchased Without a Prescription and an Eye Exam!

The FDA WARNS that Decorative Contact Lenses can cause serious eye injuries or even BLINDNESS!

Even though Decorative Contact Lenses, like Cat Eye Contact Lens, or Free Color Contact Lens, may be most popular around Halloween,  they are a safety concern year round.

Every year, the approach of Halloween heightens fears at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that consumers will harm their eyes with unapproved decorative contact lenses. These are contact lenses that some people use to temporarily change their eye color or to make their eyes look . . .

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NIH Launches 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Influenza Vaccine Trials in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women, HIV-Infected Children, and HIV-Infected Youth!

Swine Flu H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Trials have begun. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the first clinical trials, to test whether the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu influenza vaccine can safely elicit a protective immune response, in three HIV-infected populations—children, youth and pregnant women.

The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group is conducting the studies, which are sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, both part of NIH.

“These studies are important because HIV infection and pregnancy both increase the risk for a poor immune response to the normal 15-microgram dose of seasonal influenza vaccine given to the general population,” says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

“Moreover, children, young people and pregnant women are at higher risk for . . .

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Mesothelioma and Malignant Mesothelioma are one and the same. The tissue that lines your lungs, stomach, heart and other organs is called mesothelium. Mesothelioma is cancer of that mesothelium tissue. It is a rare but serious type of cancer. It usually starts in the lungs, but can also start in the abdomen or other organs.

As campared to malignant mesothelioma, about 10% of these cases may turn out to be benign mesothelioma tumors. Your mesothelioma specialist doctor can tell. The most important difference between the benign mesothelioma tumor and the cancerous forms is that . . .

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