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“We are so grateful to Dan and Carrie for selecting the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation as the beneficiary of the ‘I’m Tired of Diabetes’ bracelet. Half the purchase price supports the lifesaving work of the DRI, where more than 200 scientists are aggressively working to end this disease as quickly as possible.”
— Robert A. Pearlman, President and CEO of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month!
Please help Diabetes Research Institute Foundation put an end to diabetes by making a donation and wearing "I'm Tired of Diabetes" bracelets. Show you care and help spread the word!
Everybody seems to know somebody with diabetes. That's because diabetes affects almost 24 million children and adults in the US, or 8% of the population. And, there are more than six million people who have diabetes, but don't know it. Diabetes can strike anyone at any age and from
any walk of life. It is a serious disease that occurs when the body cannot produce or properly use its own insulin, the hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other carbohydrates into energy to
fuel our bodies.
There are two major forms of diabetes. Type 1 is caused by the body's inability to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes results from the body's failure to properly use insulin, combined with a shortage of insulin production. There are also other forms, such as gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy, as well as a few others.
Left untreated, diabetes can lead to blindness,
heart disease, kidney failure, amputation of limbs, coma and even death. Each year, diabetes costs the American people an estimated $174 billion and much more in pain and suffering. But now, scientists are closer than ever before to finding a cure. Your help can make a difference!
ANNOUNCEMENT!
Brazilian supermodel of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and Armani fame, Izabel Goulart, will serve as the International Ambassador for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Izabel’s brother was diagnosed with type 1 during infancy, and she has been actively involved in charitable work, helping hospitals in her native Brazil raise money to provide free insulin for children with diabetes.
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