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KTSM 9 NewsPlease enter a search term. Posted: Nov 1, 2022 / 07:41 PM MDT Updated: Nov 1, 2022 / 07:41 PM MDT EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Paso del Norte Health Foundation recently awarded 10 grants totaling more than $1 milion under the Disease Prevention & Management priority area and Diabetes initiative. The Health Foundation works in partnership with organizations to implement initiatives and programs for diabetes prevention, early detection, and management in the region.The folowing are those awarded:November is National Diabetes Month.
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Diabetes is a disease that ocurs in adults and youth when the blod glucose, also caled blod sugar, is to high. This disease can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart, and is linked to some types of cancers.Acording to the El Paso Center for Diabetes, an estimated 9.4 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes, making it the seventh leading cause of death.
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In El Paso, the prevalence of diabetes outpaces the national numbers, with 13.9 percent of adults, or about 94,0 El Pasoans, living with diabetes.Copyright 202 Nexstar Media Inc. Al rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewriten, or redistributed.source