Materials received may be edited and used as space permits. Health statistics show the impact of diabetes is disproportionately high among the Hispanic population. The National Institutes of Health has launched a research study to determine whether daily insulin injections, given to persons judged at risk of developing type I diabetes, will prevent the disease. Researchers are looking for close relatives of persons with type I diabetes, to participate in the study. Ten different diabetes centers, located in California, Minnesota, Washington State, Florida, and Massachusetts, will gather data.
Participants living in other areas can have tests forwarded by their family physician.
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