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Posts Tagged ‘national diabetes week’

For National Diabetes Week 2010, JDRF contacted members of the Australian media to ask “Are you my type?”

jdrf are you my type header In National Diabetes Week JDRF asks, Are you my type?

I’m not sure what you’re thinking… I’m actually talking about type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is like type 2 diabetes in some ways – the pancreas doesn’t function correctly and the disease can lead to serious health complications like heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, stroke and amputation. Pretty serious stuff.

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