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The famous childhood actor, Jerry Mathers, who starred in the 1950s hit family show “Leave it to Beaver” has type 2 diabetes. Now an adult, he is using his celebrity to help other people battling diabetes.

To raise diabetes awareness, Mathers is traveling with the Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus, a mobile patient assistance advocacy initiative. Mathers and the Partnership for Prescription Assistance will in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, and Burlington on October 13, 2009.

According to a new article published on DiabetesInControl.com:

Researchers have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their pancreases, but they’ve been unable to confirm or calculate how much fat resides there because of the organ’s location — that’s until now … Findings from the new study suggest that measuring pancreatic fat content in people could one day serve as an effective clinical tool to identify those at high risk of diabetes and monitor interventions designed to prevent the disease.

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Clinical trials are necessary for finding new treatments and a cure for diabetes. Some clinical trials offer free medications, monitoring, and even a stipend to participate.  If you are interested in finding out about clinical trials in your area, the JDRF has recently launched a new website to help you locate clinical trials.

Find out more information at the JDRF Clinical Trials Connection website.

- Please distribute broadly.  Submission Deadline is September 17, 2009!

Note:

You do NOT have to live in California to voice your opinion!  California is the first state to pass laws requiring schools to care for diabetic children under the Americans With Disabilities Act.  However, the California Board of Nurses and Teachers Association filed an appeal so the final legal decision is on hold.  California could be the first state in the Nation to set a national trend requiring schools to provide onsite care for our children with diabetes.

If you have a child with diabetes in any school – please voice your opinion now – it could someday lead to legislative changes in your own state.

September 14, 2009

Dear Diabetes Families of California,

The California Assembly Select Committee on Child & Adolescent Health will be holding its second Hearing regarding diabetes care in California schools on Thursday, October 8^th from 1-4pm at the Capitol in Sacramento, CA.  Exact location details will be released shortly.

Chairman Isadore Hall and his committee are interested to hear from diabetes families so they can work toward finding an effective legislative solution that will enable all children with diabetes to be safe in California schools.

Please tell your story of diabetes care in California schools!

Tell our lawmakers about the incredibly difficult challenges that you and your child face every day to receive appropriate care at school.  Be it struggling to get a 504 Plan… to schools refusing to train personnel to administer insulin… to being denied access to field trips because there is no one trained to provide care… to losing your job or being unable to work so your child can receive care at school, submit your story by the September 17, 2009 deadline.

Follow the instructions below.

If you agree, be sure to include a statement you support the training of unlicensed school personnel to administer insulin and all aspects of diabetes care so that all children with diabetes can be safe at school.   Also, if you’ve had success with training school personnel, share that as well.

Together, we will make all children with diabetes safe at school.

Diabetes Parents & Advocates,

Lisa Shenson lisa.shenson@gmail.com Phone: (415) 328-3452

Jim Stone stonecwd@gmail.com Phone: (209) 740-6712

To submit your written story to Chairman Hall and the Select Committee follow these instructions:

1.  Please type your 1-2 page letter addressed to:

The Honorable Assemblyman Isadore Hall

State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0052

Include your full name/address/phone. Save your letter as a WORD or PDF file.

2. Via Email: Send your letter as a WORD or PDF file attachment and type the words

“Oct 8 Hearing – My Story” in the subject line of your email. Send to Chairman Hall’s aide,

Jim Given at jimgiven@msn.com AND send a copy to diabetescareincaschools@gmail.com

-          OR –

send your typed or handwritten letter via U.S. Mail to the above address.

Software Will Aid Non-Insured Patients to Identify and Apply for Corporate and Government-Sponsored Free Medication Programs

NEW YORK (Business Wire): Total Rx Savings, LLC announces the launch of its Prescription Assistance Program software as an additional product to its free-of charge drug discount card. The new software, which can be accessed via the Total Rx Savings Web site or via the company`s toll free number (877-7TOTALRX) for live customer care assistance.

The program will allow patients to identify eligibility and facilitate applications for any of the more than 500 programs available to obtain some of the more than 2,000 prescription medications on the market today free of charge. The program, which is geared toward the uninsured consumer, will charge $10 per prescription for the first one, with an additional $5 for each new prescription thereafter — similar to the co-pay that insured consumers pay for their prescription medications.

From Reuters, September 16, 2009.