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The Monticello Lions Club is helping to promote Diabetes awareness. November is a great time to help combat this epidemic as it is Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14th is World Diabetes Day. Each year, more than 1,100 Wisconsin residents die from diabetes and many more suffer disabling complications, such as heart disease, kidney disease, blindness and amputations. Much of the health and economic burden of diabetes can be averted through known prevention measures.

Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic. Approximately 387 million adults have diabetes. The proportion of people wi...