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Rock for Diabetes to Join with the National Diabetes Goal

POSTED December 09, 2008 BY ROCK FOR DIABETES
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For Immediate Release

Lemont, IL 12-09-08 -- Rock for Diabetes, a non-profit has joined with other non-profits, health care provider groups, universities, government officials and companies to
support The National Diabetes Goal a new national effort to improve the lives of people affected by diabetes in the United States.

“It is great to join with others who share in a common goal,” said Brian Medek, founding member and Executive Director of Rock for Diabetes. “We all have to work
together so people can recognize the connection between awareness and risk and that anyone at anytime are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.”

In a recent Gallup survey commissioned by a goal champion The National Changing Diabetes® Program, almost all respondents (94%) considered diabetes to be a
serious health issue, and half said that they felt personally affected by diabetes. Yet awareness is not translating into action to prevent diabetes, as the numbers of
people with diabetes in the country continue to rise.

The National Diabetes Goal has three main components:

•        Finding out if a person is at risk for type 2 diabetes;
•        Encouraging them to get tested and find out their blood glucose level;
•        Last but not least, providing the individual with the education and resources to take necessary action.

Commenting on the Goal, Medek tells us, “It is important for people to be aware that they may be at risk of developing diabetes and what their blood glucose level is, but
it is also important for people to know what to do if they are at risk or if the find out they do have Type 2 Diabetes and that's why we believe in the National Diabetes
goal.”

The National Diabetes Goal is a call to action for everyone – individuals, health care providers, corporations, the nonprofit sector, policymakers and others – to unite for
the common cause of diabetes awareness, prevention and treatment. The National Diabetes Goal calls for 45 percent of Americans who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes
to know their blood glucose level and what actions to take by the year 2015.

Currently, there are 45 Goal Champions from across the country. Champions include advocacy groups like the American Diabetes Association; educational institutions
like Rutgers University School of Pharmacy; and medical centers like Bellwether Medical in Washington State.

About Rock for Diabetes
Rock for Diabetes is a nonprofit that works together with musicians to help spread awareness of the diabetes disease and uses the internet and social networking sites,
such as myspace, as a forum. Rock for Diabetes aims to reach as possible so they will know the signs and symptoms of the diabetes, should they or someone they know
ever experience them.

"Awareness, Support, Education, Cure"

Will you join us in the fight for a good cause?

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