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Contact: Uilani Perry, 537-7155	Air Date: May 13, 1998

Diabetes Study   More than 16 million Americans have diabetes and that number is on the rise. Over time, diabetes can cause blindness, amputations, heart attack and kidney failure. If you are overweight, if someone in your family has diabetes, or if you got diabetes while you were pregnant, you may be at high risk for the disease. But there may be something you can do about it. If you would like to participate in a research study to help find out if diabetes can be prevented, call the University of Hawaii's Diabetes Prevention Program at 537-7155. The Diabetes Prevention Program is a nationwide research study looking at ways people like you can avoid getting diabetes. Right now there is no cure for diabetes. But doctors believe the disease may be avoided by eating healthy food, exercising more or taking a pill. If you'd like to participate, again call 537-7155. This is the University Report, I'm Tracy Orillo Donovan.

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