WITHIN IN THREE PEOPLE WILL
DEVELOP DIABETES IN THEIR
LIFETIME.
HERE IN MINNESOTA
35 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION,
1.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
PREDIABETES.
AN ESTIMATED 126
THOUSAND MINNESOTA'S HAVE
DIABETES BUT DO NOT KNOW IT.
GREATLY INCREASING THE RISK FOR
COMPLICATIONS OF BLIND NSZ,
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS
CONDUCTING A LONG TERM STUDY AND
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS.
PARTICIPANTS GET MEDICATION FOR
FREE AND SOME ARE REPORTING
DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS.
I BELIEVE
LARRY BOC THERE JOINING US HERE
TO TALK ABOUT THE STUDY AND THEN
THE HEAD OF THE STUDY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
THE NUMBERS ARE SHOCKING.
YEAH, THEY ARE.
WHAT IS TYPE 2 DIABETES?
WELL, IT'S THE MOST COMMON
FORM.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE TYPE 2.
IT USUALLY OCCURS DURING
ADULTHOOD.
NOT ALWAYS.
IT OCCURS AS PEOPLE GET
OLDER.
WE FIND MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE HAVE
IT AS THEY GET OLDER.
THE
SHOCKING THING IS THAT NOT
EVERYONE WITH TYPE 2 IS OVER
WEIGHT AND MOST OVER WEIGHT
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TYPE 2
DIABETES.
OKAY.
SO THAT'S A MYTH
THERE?
YEAH, THAT'S A MYTH?
.
HOW DO 20 THOUSAND HAVE IT
AND NOT KNOW IT?
IT DOES NOT CAUSE SYMPTOMS.
WHEN THE SUGAR SETS HIGH ENOUGH,
THERE'S A MORE FREQUENT
URINATION.
WHEN IT'S ELEVATED,
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SYMPTOMS.
IT'S RISKY FOR PERSON BECAUSE
IT'S THE EXPOSURE TO THE
ELEVATED SUGARS THAT LEAD TO THE
COMPLICATIONS.
IT'S NOT A NEW STUDY BUT AN
ONGOING STUDY.
YES.
YOU NEED A LOT OF
PARTICIPANTS HERE.
YEAH, WE NEED A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LINK ON THE
WEBSITE, AND IT'S FREE
MEDICATIONS.
YEAH, WE HAVE THE FREE
MEDICATIONS.
WE HAVE THE MOST
COMMON FORM THAT TREATS
DIABETES, AND WE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT TO ADD THE TO KEEP THE
SUGARS UNDER CONTROL.
WE HAVE
MANY CHOICES OUT THERE, BUT
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT
WAY TO PICK THAT.
THE SIDE
AFFECTS AND COST IS NOT THE BEST
THING IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO
HELP THE PATIENT.
THAT'S WHAT
THE STUDY IS GOING TO HELP US
FIGURE OUT.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, DO
THEY TEST YOU FOR TYPE 2
DIABETES?
THEY DO FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.
WE RECOMMEND SCREENING FOR
EVERYONE OVER 45.
IF YOU ARE
FROM AN ETHNIC GROUP OR AFRICAN
AMERICANS OR, YOU SHOULD
SCREENED EARLIER.
SO IT'S PEOPLE OF COLOR
OBVIOUSLYth NICK MINORITIES BUT
CAUCASIANS CAN GET THIS AS WELL?
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU MENTIONED IT'S ASSOCIATED
EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE THIN HAVE
IT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WITH
THOSE OVER WEIGHT?
I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT
NUMBERS.
THE WAY THAT I THINK
ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S A DISEASE
THAT YOU HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR.
HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR
WEIGHT AND ACTIVITY LEVEL IS
GOING TO INFLUENCE THE AGE AT
WHICH YOU WILL HAVE THE DISEASE
DEVELOP.
IF YOU ARE AN OVER
WEIGHT PERSON THAT'S VERY THIN
AND VERY IN ACTIVE AND HAVE A
PARENT THAT HAS TYPE TWO
DIABETES, THE RISK OF GETTING
THAT EARLY IN LIFE IS GREATER
THAN IF YOU HAVE THE SAME PARENT
AND WERE ACTIVE AND LEAN.
YOU
MAY NOT GET IT UNTIL THE 60s OR
70s.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON
THE STUDY, E-MAIL AT GRADEUMEDU.
OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER.
WE
HAVE A LINK ON THE WEBSITE AND
HOW PEOPLE CAN ENVOLUME.
THERE'S NO COST TO THE PERSON AT
ALL.
NO, WE GIVE AWAY THE MEDICINE