Diabetes

Diabetes Watch: It Is Possible to Break the Sugar-Salt Addiction

Mary Annette Pember

April 16, 2013

A little over a year ago, I noticed an overweight woman about my age riding through the grocery store on a motorized shopping cart...

An Aggressive Program in Portland Is Beating Back Diabetes

Bill Graves

November 29, 2012

This story originally ran in The Oregonian and is being reprinted here with their kind permission. It was produced with the assistance of the Dennis A...

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Makes Managing And Preventing Diabetes a Community, Goal-Driven Effort

Brian Daffron

November 29, 2012

Type 2 Diabetes is one of the greatest health risks in the Native American community...

Cherokees Work Toward Weight Loss Goals to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Wilhelm Murg

November 28, 2012

The Cherokee Nation Diabetes Prevention Program (CNDPP), based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, has serviced more than 10,000 people with diabetes since its inception in 2004...

Cathy Abramson and Isabel Burger

The Special Diabetes Program: Providing Hope for People With Diabetes

Making a Difference in Tribal Communities Across the Country, by Cathy Abramson...

November 28, 2012

First ADA Native American Outreach Coordinator: Bridging Diabetes Education Among Tribes

ICTMN Staff

November 26, 2012

When Kelly Concho-Hayes , Navajo and Acoma, speaks to American Indians about preventing and managing type 2 diabetes, she emphasizes her heritage and talks about her family, includ...

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