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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2001

Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) held a hearing on diabetes in Indian Country at Montana State University in Billings on Monday.

About 100 attended the hearing, which included testimony from tribal and health leaders and diabetes patients. They spoke widely of the epidemic that is affecting Montana's Indian population and of the need for more funding, resources and tools to combat it.

Baucus said he will use his position chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to raise awareness of the problem.

Get the Story:
Indians seek help with ‘alarming’ epidemic (The Billings Gazette 8/14)

Relevant Links:
Diabetes Prevention Program - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/patient/dpp/dpp-q&a.htm
National Diabetes Program, Indian Health Service - http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Diabetes/index.asp
Diabetes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
Prevalence of Diabetes by state - http://ww.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/maps/index.htm
Diabetes Care - http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesCare/default.asp

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