Almost one in every ten Iowans is diabetic, and studies show more than 22,000 Iowans are being diagnosed with diabetes every year. Dr. Kim Hardy, a family medicine physician with Gundersen Health, says diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body...
Advocates for Iowans with type 1 diabetes are in Washington D.C. this week, along with their counterparts from all 50 states, urging members of Congress to support continued research funding. Mary Horn, with JDRF of Central Iowa, says they're hoping to secure more...
A recent study finds about one in three Iowans is overweight or obese, prompting renewed concerns about the threat of diabetes. Dr. Griffin Rodgers, a renowned diabetes researcher, says identifying diabetes early and properly managing the disease can help prevent a...
More than one-third of Iowa's population is either diabetic or prediabetic and a new campaign is being launched here in hopes of reversing a dangerous trend. Dr. David Grayson Marrero, past-president of the American Diabetes Association, says they're focusing on the...
A new research center will be dedicated this weekend at the University of Iowa which promises to be innovative in its goal of finding treatments and a cure for diabetes, an epidemic that afflicts one in every 12 Iowans. The center's director, Dr. Dale Abel, says there...
A new health report finds nearly 7-percent of all Iowans have diabetes and the numbers are climbing every year. Chris Carmichael, national spokesman for the Tour de Cure, says the cause of diabetes is still a mystery, but both genetics and environmental factors like...
State health officials say the number of Iowans with diabetes is climbing. Lorene Hinderks is coordinator for the Iowa Diabetes Prevention and Control Program for the Iowa Department of Public Health. Hinderks says the latest rise in cases is startling. She says there...
A special reception today at Terrace Hill will honor kids who've offered to be advocates for juvenile diabetes. Thirty of them wrote letters telling why they wanted to go to the nation's capital to spread awareness about the disease. Courtney Slater of Des Moines is...
A new national health study gives Iowans poor marks for their efforts to try and keep in shape. According to the report from Trust for America's Health, Iowa is among 22 states with an adult obesity rate at or above 35%. Nadine Gracia, director of government relations...
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in Iowa, claiming about 1,400 lives a year, and a campaign is underway to teach Iowans about the symptoms and the importance of acting quickly. Doctor Clinton Wright, with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders...