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August i7 .2005______________________________________ ^lovtlanh (©bseruer_______________________________ Page as 'Double Diabetes’ Harder to Detect, Treat All ages seeing risks of dual diseases (AP) - Having one type of diabetes is bad enough, but two? Doctors are seeing a new phenomenon dubbed double diabetes that m akes it harder to diagnose and treat patients - especially children. The mix can strike at any age, and com es in various forms: Children who depend on insulin injections because of Type 1 diabetes gain weight and then get the Type 2 form M artha Larkin (left), who h a s Type 1 d ia b e te s an d is a t high risk in which their bodies become for Type 2 d ia b e te s, a n d her m other, Cindy S te v a n s. (AP photo) Million Fathers to March to School Key is active role in a child’s education One million fathers and other men across the nation will take chil dren to school in the coming weeks on the first day o f the school year. Last year, men from 25 cities participated in the Million Father March. This year, scores of men from 100 cities — including Port land — are expected to participate in this event which seeks to pro vide an escort o f safety, support and encouragement to children of all ages. The march is being led in Port land by Charles McGee, a Frankin High School graduate and local African-American resident who ran for the Portland School Board las, spring. While this event is sponsored by black men, men of all races and women are also encouraged to take children to school on their first day o f school. Research shows that children whose fathers take active roles in their educational lives earn better grades, get better test scores, en joy school more and are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college. Additionally, chil dren have fewer behavior problems when fathers speak and listen to their children regularly and are ac- insulin resistant, for example. Or someone with classic Type 2 symptoms isn't responding to therapy, and tests reveal they also are developing the insulin- dependent form of the disease. Or they may not fall clearly into either category. The labels are important - different forms require differ ent treatm ents. Yet “there are many people in which it’s very blurred as to what kind of diabetes they h a v e ,” sa y s D r. F ra n c in e K aufm an, a U n iv ersity of Southern California pediatric endocrinologist and past presi dent of the American D iabe tes Association. Diabetes occurs when the body can ’t turn blood sugar, or glucose, into energy, either be c a u se it d o e s n ’t p ro d u c e enough insulin or doesn’t use it correctly. C onsider M artha Larkin of P ittsburgh, diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 3. For years, her m other would wake up in the middle of the night to test M artha’s blood sugar and adm inister insulin. Set m eal tim es and off-lim it foods be cam e the fam ily’s norm. Then early puberty hit at 10, and M artha began gaining weight, says her mother, Cindy S te v a n s. N ow a lm o st 12, M artha’sdaily insulin require SAFEWAY ment grew to that o f grown man, signaling developing in sulin resistance. And, in a vi cious cycle, the more insulin she gets, the hungrier she feels. “I t’s painfully hard,” she says o f her d a u g h te r’s co b a ttle s w ith d ia b e te s and weight. Scientists d o n ’t yet know if double diabetics will need spe cial treatm ents. For now, the em phasis is on prevention. For Type 2, that m eans weight loss. For Type 1, scientists are e n ro llin g p reg n an t w om en from diabetes-prone fam ilies into a m ajor study to hunt what might protect their babies from the illness later in life. Ingredients for life. Charles M cG ee tive in their lives. A good father is part o f a good parent team and is critical to strong family structures. Fathers, grandfathers, foster fa thers, step-fathers, uncles, cous ins, big brothers, significant male caregivers and friends of the family will participate in the event. “A father who actively partici pates in the educational and social development life o f a child is in valuable and irreplaceable,” says Phillip Jackson, executive director of The Black Star Project, one of the promoters o f the march. For information about Portland’s participation in the event, email C h a rle s M cG ee at charles.mcgee@co.multnomah.or.us. IMMHHMM Captain's Choice Raw Tail-on Shrimp Beef Back Ribs Frozen SAVE up to $1.00 lb 51 to 60-ct Sold in a ?-(b bag ®$7 98. SAVE up to $1 50 lb Random weight d 4Q,. Tree Sweetened Yellow Nectarines Northwest grown. SAVE up Io $1 11 lb Yellow or White Corn Whole Cantaloupes Northwest grown. Club Price: 20« ea. SAVE up to $3.90 on 10 Large size. 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