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Leading Diabetes Researchers, Clinicians
Come Together at OU-COM
Conference
Diabetes
is described as a "silent killer" by the
American Diabetes Association. It is the
seventh leading cause of death in the
country. Diabetes is also a leading cause
of blindness, kidney disease, nerve
disease, heart disease and stroke.
Approximately 5.9 percent of the American
population, or 15.7 million people, have
diabetes, but of those, more than
one-third are unaware that they have the
disease. This year alone almost 800,000
Americans will make that potentially
life-saving discovery.
On
Tuesday, Oct. 5, and Wednesday, Oct. 6,
the Ohio University College
of Osteopathic
Medicine
(OU-COM) holds the two-day conference,
"Medical Scientific Horizons in Diabetes"
to highlight research progress and
advances in the treatment and management
of diabetes. The first of its kind in
Southeastern Ohio, the conference will
combine professional presentations for
health-care specialists and
community-oriented presentations aimed at
the diabetes patient population. The event
is the first in the Medical Scientific
Horizon series, which is sponsored by
OU-COM's Department of Biomedical
Sciences.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this news
release.
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