South Texas Receives Funding for Diabetes Prevention

Posted by News Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

Bionews: May 14, 2014

The Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center (CBHEC) and the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District (CCNCPHD) will receive $840,000 in funding for diabetes education and prevention. The funds come from the national health department and are part of recent healthcare initiatives to target the disease. Texas, home to one of the largest state populations in the U.S., is disproportionately affected by diabetes.

“It is a great problem in America. One in 12 persons has diabetes, one in four has pre-diabetes. Here in coastal bend, research tells us that by 2020, one in six persons will have diabetes,” explained Maggie Scheerer, from Texas A&M Health Science Center. Read more

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