Type 1 diabetes screening initiative announced by city
Darrell Greene speaks at a Nov. 1 press conference announcing the creation of a Type 1 diabetes screening day in Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“A person’s not born with Type 1 diabetes; it develops over time,” said Kathryn Sumpter, Le Bonheur’s chief of endocrinology and a Type 1 diabetes patient. “It’s an autoimmune disease, so it takes time to progress.”
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