Nick Jonas Urges Congress To Renew Diabetes Research Funding

"Technology is not a cure. Insulin is not a cure," said singer, songwriter Nick Jonas. "The promise of the cure lies only in research," said Jonas, urging Congress to renew funding for diabetes research. (0:51)
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Sugar Ray Leonard: I Turned To Boxing To Pay My Father's Medical Bills

Sugar Ray Leonard, world champion boxer, said the medical bills for his father's diabetes were "astronomical". "I became a professional boxer to pay the bills," said Leonard. (0:43)
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"Remember Us" With Diabetes, Says Mary Tyler Moore

Actress and Juvenile Diabetes Research Chairman, Mary Tyler Moore, urged Congress to remember those living with diabetes when voting on the Special Diabetes Program, which would provide funding for type 1 diabetes research. (0:42)
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Moore: "Witness the Special Courage of Children with type 1 Diabetes"

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Mary Tyler Moore, actress and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Chairman, describes the Children's Congress to attendants at a National Press Club luncheon Thursday. The Children's Congress is a JDRF event and includes 150 youth delegates who will go to Capitol Hill in June to persuade Congress to remember them when voting on important issues like stem cell research. (1:24)
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Moore: Behind the Smile

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Mary Tyler Moore explains how she became the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Chairman and why she initially did not publicly share her type 1 diabetes diagnosis. She also discusses how her role as Chairman has affected her life. (0:56)
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Dr. Kaufman says Type 2 Diabetes in children fails to shock

Francine Kaufman, a past national president of the American Diabetes Association, tells a personal story from 1995, one of the first times she had seen a child with type 2 diabetes. Kaufman says that this thirteen year old girl had a blood sugar level five times higher than normal for a young teen, weighed 267 pounds, and was only just over five feet tall. Kaufman also says that the girl had been drinking a lot of juice and soda throughout her life, obtained a diet which consisted of fried foods, candy bars, and meals from fast food restaurants, had no meaningful physical education courses in her school curriculum, and had nowhere safe to play in her neighborhood. (1:14)
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Dr. Peter Orszag Discusses the Affects of Obesity on Health Care Spending Before the Senate Budget Committee

Dr. Orszag, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, describes how health care expenditures increase as a function of both increased incidence of obesity and increased spending per obese person. (0:55)
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