Heeding the Call-St. Louis volunteer finds family motivation to Stop Diabetes

摘要

DEBORAH HOLMES HAD plenty of good reasons to become a volunteer with the American Diabetes Association. They just happened to come all at once. In 1999 and 2000, her mother died, her aunt lost a leg, and her stepfather had a stroke-all because of type 2 diabetes complications-and her husband was diagnosed with the disease. It was high time, Holmes thought, to become more educated about diabetes and to spread the word about how people could prevent complications.