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This digital document is an article from Diabetes Forecast, published by American Diabetes Association on January 1, 1994. The length of the article is 2334 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: For his people. (diabetic Kenneth Padilla helps San Felipe Pueblo Indians treat their diabetes)(includes related articles) (Native Americans) (Cover Story)
Author: Marcia Mazur
Publication: Diabetes Forecast (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1994
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Volume: v47 Issue: n1 Page: p16(5)Article Type: Cover StoryDistributed by Thompson Gale
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DESPITE SPECTACULAR DESERT VISTAS and the nearness of the mighty Rio Grande, life in New Mexico's San Felipe Indian Pueblo can be grim, especially when your family has been devastated by diabetes.
Kenneth Padilla, a 38-year-old San Felipe Indian, knows all about it.
Although his father, Pablo, has no known diabetes in his family, his mother, Marcella, has more than enough in hers.
Marcella developed type II diabetes when Padilia was a boy. Her two brothers also had the disease. Because they received only the most basic level of care, both brothers eventually required leg amputations, and both died young from further complications caused by diabetes.
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