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A Conversation about Diabetes

Join host Bill Goodman for a discussion about diabetes. You will learn about prevention, diagnosis, treatment and caring for someone with the disease. His guests are Dr. Dennis Karounos, Director of the Diabetes Program at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center; certified diabetes educator Ava Eaves from Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center in Richmond; and registered dietician Paula White from the Cumberland Valley District Health Department in London.
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This program originally aired on June 25, 2003.
Dr. Dennis Karounos, Bill Goodman, Paula White and Ava Eaves  
   
Learn more about diabetes and the disease in Kentucky
Take our Quick Quiz to determine your risk for diabetes
Hear an audio diary from a young woman with diabetes
Download a free brochure about diabetes
Dr. Dennis Karounos  
   
Contact the Diabetes Education Program at Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center in Richmond at 859-625-3151.

For information about a diabetes support group near you, contact your local health department.
 
Paula White (left) and Ava Eaves  

 

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