REMINDER/Press Briefing Offers First Insight into Major Diabetes Study; One in Seven Californians Suffers from or at Risk for Diabetes.News Editors/Health/Medical Writers REMINDER...for April 30 (Wed.) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: The first definitive picture of diabetes in California is being
released with frightening implications. Based on interviews with
more than 55,000 households, the latest California Health
Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) paints a bleak picture of the health
of the state, with one in seven Californians suffering from or at
serious risk for developing this largely preventable killer.
Authors of the study and diabetes experts will address media
questions about this authoritative study, which looks at the
prevalence of diabetes county-by-county, as well as factors
affecting the development of this incurable condition.
WHO: Panel of leading researchers, physicians and advocates includes:
-- Dr. Fran Kaufman, president of the American Diabetes
Association
-- Dr. Allison Diamant, lead author, UCLA School of Medicine and
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
-- Dr. Bill Releford, African American physician specializing in
limb salvage
-- Mario Obledo, Latino advocate and 10-year diabetes victim
-- Marion Standish, senior program officer, The California
Endowment
WHEN: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10 a.m.
WHERE: Multicultural Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
5051 East Third Street, Los Angeles
MAHEC shares their building with the Red Cross. The Red Cross
sign on the building should serve as your landmark. The
briefing will be held in the first floor conference room.
PHOTO OPS Ops (ŏps), in Roman religion, goddess of harvests. She was the wife of Saturn, by whom she bore Jupiter and Juno. At her festivals, the Opiconsivia and the Opalia, held in August and December, respectively, she was worshiped as a goddess of sowing : -- Physicians, advocates and researchers line up to explain the most comprehensive data ever assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. showcasing the severity of diabetes in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . -- Former State Secretary of Health and Welfare Mario Mario (mär`yō), 1810–83, stage name of Giovanni Matteo, Cavaliere di Candia, Italian tenor. An officer of the Piedmontese guard, he went to Paris in 1836 and studied at the Paris Conservatory, making his debut (1838) at the Paris Opera Obledo, a diabetes victim, explains how the condition is ravaging the Latino community. -- Before charts demonstrating the severity of diabetes in California, Dr. Releford discusses the work he's he's 1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today. 2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum. done to salvage salvage, in maritime law, the compensation that the owner must pay for having his vessel or cargo saved from peril, such as shipwreck, fire, or capture by an enemy. Salvage is awarded only when the party making the rescue was under no legal obligation to do so. limbs of African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. diabetes victims, who suffer at more than twice the rate of the general population. |
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