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Subject: Va Pushes Anti-diabetes Campaign

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From: VA Media Relations va.media.relations@VA.GOV

Subject: VA Pushes Anti-Diabetes Campaign

Date: Nov 13, 2007 10:11 AM

Recent VA News Releases

To view and download VA news release, please visit the following

Internet address:

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel

Watch Your Weight, Keep up Physical Activity

VA Continuing Diabetes Education Drive

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2007) - Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Gordon H. Mansfield said today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

plans to expand its efforts to prevent and control diabetes as part of

an ongoing campaign to help veterans eat healthy, watch their weight and

stay physically active.

"With over 25 percent of VA patients living with diabetes, it is

important to find ways to bring this disease under control," said

Mansfield. "VA is doing more than ever to educate our veterans,

research this disease and provide the type of specialized care that

diabetes demands."

Mansfield noted the Department has provided diabetic care to 70,000

veterans in more than 200,000 hospital and clinic visits since 2005.

Mansfield said VA plans to keep expanding its diabetes awareness effort

as part of the Department's broader HealthierUS Veterans campaign. Last

year, television stations around the nation aired more than 3,000

VA-produced broadcasts about eating healthy and staying active. The

Department held a symposium for health care professionals in Washington,

D.C., and several public events around the country to inform veterans of

the dangers of diabetes.

Annual evaluations of veterans with diabetes show small but continuing

improvements in tested levels of blood sugar, LDL cholesterol and blood

pressure with treatment, including weight management.

VA's tele-health program allows patients with diabetes to monitor and

transmit their blood pressure and blood glucose levels from home to VA

facilities, thus improving their access to care and allowing them to

take control of their own health through improved communication from

home with their health care providers.

VA's research programs include centers investigating insulin resistance,

vascular damage and obesity, pre-clinical studies of new agents to

prevent and treat diabetes and clinical trials of new ways to prevent

kidney damage.

Other VA research is seeking ways to reduce diabetes complications that

lead to disability, focusing on preventing loss of limbs and avoiding

obesity among paraplegic patients likely to gain weight due to reduced

movement. VA researchers also are examining the interplay between

genetics and the environment in determining glucose metabolism and

weight gain or loss.

Some veterans with diabetes qualify for VA disability compensation.

Those veterans must have a diagnosis of diabetes and evidence that it

began or was aggravated during active duty or within one year of release

from duty. Since 2001, veterans who served in Vietnam and later

developed adult-onset (Type 2) diabetes have been eligible for

disability compensation. This policy affecting Vietnam veterans is an

outgrowth of research into the effects of Agent Orange.

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