The members of the Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Tanzanites decided that it was time to come out with their story. In the small Tanzanian city, where everyone knows everyone, there is still a social stigma about health conditions…
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Lions in Australia received a LCIF diabetes grant to fund a camp for teens with diabetes.
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At Wingdale Elementary in Dover, New York, USA, the elementary school children have taste-tested everything from healthy mangoes to golden beets during their lunch time. At home, their parents are being educated about combatting…
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One of the greatest dangers for people with Type 2 diabetes is that they oftentimes don’t know they have it. Many of the early symptoms, such as fatigue, frequent urination and blurred vision are subtle and often ignored or…
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The Lions of Kenya have created an innovative program by bringing together their strong partnership with Special Olympics Kenya and the global vision of reducing the prevalence of diabetes. Over the past 18 months, the Lions of…
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Diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes, is the result of damage to the blood vessels of the retina—the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. In some cases, the blood vessels swell and leak, while in others…
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The Lions-Anthem Foundation Healthy Heroes initiative made it possible for a county in California with an unusually high rate of diabetes to gain better access to retinal screening.
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Diabetes is a global health epidemic. This chronic condition currently affects close to half a billion people worldwide and is set to impact one in nine people by 2045. One in two people currently living with diabetes has not…
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Pat Ryan left the 2017 Lions Clubs International Conference in Chicago with a mission: to return to his home state of Kentucky to help screen 100,000 people for diabetes. Ryan was motivated to join the fight against the…
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Big challenges require big solutions. That’s why Lions in Kenya, Nairobi turned to the Global Action team (GAT) in their fight against diabetes. The GAT believes in taking a one-team approach, working together to…