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Controlling the Diabetes Epidemic in New Mexico

By Gary Worth

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Las Cruces, NM – It's a disease that affects one out of every 11 adults in New Mexico and which can profoundly change lives. The number of cases of diabetes is rising so quickly that NMSU's cooperative extension office has produced a series of easy to read and understand publications about the disease. As KRWG's Gary Worth reports, it's an effort to get vital and life-changing information to people across the state as quickly as possible.