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Diabetes & the Imperial Valley - Part one: The condition and its consequences

As November marks National Diabetes Month, Imperial Valley residents are urged to take time to inform themselves about the disease.

Imperial Valley’s rate of diabetes is among the highest in the state

Diabetes is not only a topic of national concern. The prevalence of diabetes in the Imperial Valley in particular is among the highest in the state.

Diabetes & the Imperial Valley - Part two: Coping day to day

Mariana Marquez, a 16-year-old junior at El Centro’s Southwest High School, looks like a healthy teenage girl. She seems to have a happy life and enjoys playing softball, but she has an illness to battle every day for the rest of her life.

Diabetes and the Imperial Valley - Part three: Awareness efforts

When Catalina Rosales learned she had diabetes she was afraid and her first reaction was to stop eating, as she feared anything she ate would place her life at risk.

Diabetes & the Imperial Valley - Part four: Ethnicity and risk

Though diabetes has become more prevalent in this nation in recent years throughout the population, minority groups have seen a severe rise in cases over the past decade, and a contributing factor could be lack of information.

Diabetes and the Imperial Valley - Part Five: The disease and its different forms

This is a tale of one family’s success in dealing with diabetes.

Diabetes and the Imperial Valley - Part Six: The unresponsive and the undiagnosed

Diabetes, the disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, affects more than 20 million people in the United States.



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