‘Walk for diabetes cure on Sunday

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care of themselves they go
blind or get renal (kidney)
failure and die in their, ’30s
and "40s. So you can make a
difference of up to 50 years of
their life span if you can get

through to them.”

This precarious chemical
balancing act is a lifelong
commitment because — the
treatment still is anything but
an exact science.

“It’s all experiment. If
you’re educated, and make a
good educated guess you yet

closer than if you haven’t
done very much.”

Among his many accom-
plishments, Dr. Hunt co-
authored Exercise and the
Curious Diabetic and was a
pioneer of the Diabetes Day
Centres.

The centres, now through-

out Canada, help people live.

with the disease and learn to
minimize the potentially dev-
astating complications.
The ever-modest. endocri-
nologist. sums up his work.
“Well I gor a good training
and I’ve been using it ever
since.” .
The Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation of Canada (JDF)
will be the beneficiary of a
fundraising. walk on Sunday

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The five km natu,
Burnaby Central‘ Park:-is ‘the

“fourth annual Shoppers. Walk
for the Cure. ‘

‘Carol’ Hagan,  . JDF
spokesperson, said the walk‘is
part of a 24-city nation-wide ©
event ‘and it hopes to raise
$4.4 million this year. ;

If you'd like to help. the
Juvenite Diabetes Foun ation

- call Hagan at 931-2027.