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'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
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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.
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