Diabetes awareness and risk factors highlight November observance
The article explains who is at risk for diabetes and stresses periodic testing. It notes common symptoms such as thirst and frequent urination, emphasizes early detection, and discusses insulin's role while warning that complications can arise without proper control. It marks November as National Diabetes Month.
Christmas Seals Fight Lung Diseases Across Generations
The Christmas Seals campaign began in 1907 with Emily Bissell selling in a Delaware post office to fund a TB hospital. Fifty years later volunteers, including Mrs. Billy Joe Luckett of Bronte, continued the drive in the Big Country area, funding asthma and other lung disease education, treatment, and research via the American Lung Association of Texas.
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Emily Bissell
United States
Delaware
America
The
Lung Association
Big Country
American Lung Association of Texas
Association
Christmas Seal Agency
W. Beauregard
San Angelo
Diabetes risks and lack of cure loom large in public health
The text warns that diabetes is a major health problem with no cure or preventive. It ranks fifth in death causes from disease and contributes to heart attacks strokes high blood pressure gangrene and kidney failure. Many people have no symptoms but risk is higher for children of diabetics relatives and those over 40 or overweight.
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