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Diabetes Alert!
Are you at risk for developing type 2 diabetes?
What can you do to prevent type 2 diabetes?
Do you have prediabetes? 1 of every 3 U.S. adults has it. 
 
Get Answers, Take Action! 

The 8th Annual Bruce Zimmerman Award has been awarded to The American Diabetes Association Serving Minnesota and North Dakota.

The award was created in honor of Bruce Zimmerman, MD, an internationally known endocrinologist at Mayo Clinic, a respected leader in the diabetes community and a long-time member of The Minnesota Diabetes Steering Committee from 1985 until his death in 2001. The Minnesota Diabetes Steering Committee and The Minnesota Diabetes program honor his work and his memory by presenting this award annually.

Minnesota Medicine August edition discusses the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2015. Take a look here. The entire August issue is dedicated to diabetes related articles.
The Process for Medication Disposal

Medications play a vital role in our health care system, and sometimes there can be unused and expired over-the-counter and prescription medication. Click here for more on the recommended procedure for medication disposal.

Use our Diabetes Alert Message in your communications
– in English, Hmong, Somali, Spanish

  • English
  • Hmong
  • Somali
  • Spanish

If you have a mother, father, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes, you have a greater risk for developing the disease. Talk to your doctor about your family history of diabetes. Ask what you can do to stay healthy and to prevent type 2 diabetes. This month, join a million Americans in taking the Diabetes Risk Test at stopdiabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).

Yog koj muaj leej niam, leej txiv, tus tij los yog tus muam muaj ntshav qab zib hom ob, koj kuj pheej moo yuav muaj tau qhov kab mob ntawv thiab. Nrog koj tus kws kho mob tham txog koj tsev neeg yav tag los ua muaj ntshav qab zib. Nug seb koj yuav ua li cas thiaj tsis muaj mob thiab tiv thaiv kom tsis txhob muaj tau ntshav qab zib hom ob. Lub hli no, khoom tes nrog lab tus pej xeem asmeslivkas es mus xyoj ntsuas qhov Diabetes Risk Test seb koj puas muaj tau ntshav qab zib nyob hauv stopdiabetes.org los yog hu rau 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).
Hadii ay jiraan Hooyo, Aabbe, ama walaal qaba Sonkor macaanka Labo, waxaad khatar u tahay in cudurkaan kugu dhaco. kalahadal dhakhtarkaaga sonkormacaan qoyskaaga, waydii sida ugu haboon ood uga hortagi kartid Sonkormacaanka labo. Bishaan ka mid noqo Milyan American ah oo samaynaya baaritaanka khatarta Kaadi macaanka ee Jooji kaadi macaanka dat ka (stopdiabetes.org) ama wac 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).
Si tiene padres o hermanos con diabetes tipo 2, usted corre mayor riesgo de desarrollar esta enfermedad. Hable con su medico sobre los antecedentes de la diabetes en su familia, y pregúntele qué puede hacer usted para mantenerse de buena salud y prevenir la diabetes tipo 2. Júntese este mes con un millón de Americanos en tomar la “Pruebe del Riesgo de la Diabetes” en el sitio del Internet stopdiabetes.org, o llame al 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).

 

Family"If you have a family history of diabetes, you are at risk too.
Learn more about preventing type 2 diabetes."
-or click here to download the PDF file.

American Diabetes Association Summary of Health Care Reforms Passed in 2010 [PDF/3 pages/163Kb]

New partnerships to help drive diabetes prevention
http://www.icanpreventdiabetes.org/news.html

Fact Sheet imageMore than 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 6 youth in Minnesota have diabetes or prediabetes.
Click here to download the Diabetes in Minnesota Fact Sheet (updated January, 2010) [PDF/2 pages/422Kb]