Educating, Empowering, and Preventing Diabetes
Our organization has successfully helped screen and diagnose many individuals, that prior to our efforts, did not know they were at-risk of developing or currently had diabetes.
With physician participation, the J. Moss Foundation has conducted prediabetes screenings for a diverse group of patients. We used a 3-step process to 1) identify possible at-risk patients, 2) further qualify the individual with a random blood sugar test, and 3) if possible, determine the patient's A1c(link to A1c chart's PDF) and likelihood of developing diabetes and heart disease.
Of the 413 people screened, and unaware they may be at-risk, the following had previously gone undetected:
- 83% of participants had 2 or more at-risk factors
- 27 % of participants had multiple, significant signs (non-blood test) to indicate that they had an extremely high
likelihood of having prediabetes and the risk of developing diabetes in the very near future.
Of participants that elected to have an A1c test (blood test)
- 75% had an A1c result in a prediabetic range
- 15% had an A1c in a diabetic range
Each person that participated in the screening process is now empowered with the knowledge of what factors increase a person's risk of developing diabetes, and how he or she can do their part in preventing this disease.
57 million people have prediabetes and most don't even know it. If not stopped, they will soon develop full-blown diabetes. We are committed to educating those at-risk and empowering them to make positive lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes.
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Shattering the Silence
My aunt Gloria, the center and strength of our family, was needlessly taken by diabetes - the Silent Killer. For years diabetes ruthlessly attacked her body, making an already petite woman increasingly fragile. We watched as her health deteriorated, but we didn't know the reason why. She suffered in silence. She experienced chest pains and extreme exhaustion but said nothing.
Only after an infected stubbed toe, did she reveal that she had diabetes. She went to the hospital to have it examined. My aunt Gloria never came home again. She had a heart attack in the hospital before her toe had been treated. Her cause of death may have been diabetes, but I'd say silence was death's accomplice.
M.B San Diego, CA