Just notify us when you make your own reservation. If you have a blood glucose meter, please bring it along because you'll have an opportunity to ask questions about its use. Medicare Part B may cover this charge for those who have met their deductible. Joslin will give you a 33-percent discount on parking if you park at the Wills Eye Hospital garage on Ninth Street between Walnut and Locust streets. Participants are asked to bring their own lunch, which can be kept in a refrigerator on the premises.
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Reaching for a can of cola every time you're thirsty may have an unhealthy long-term affect on your bones. For people who eat a balanced diet and get enough calcium from dairy products, green leafy vegetables or calcium supplements, a soft drink every now and then is fine. But for young people in particular, the real danger of soda is that it's drunk as a substitute for milk, which contains calcium necessary for strong bones. Teenagers and young adults are still building bone mass, and the amount of bone present by age 30 is a determining factor in whether a person will experience bone loss later in life, says John L. Abruzzo, MD, director of Jefferson's Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center. Ironically, the ailment is easy to prevent but hard to cure.