Jim Fausone
\nVeteran Disability Attorney<\/p>\n
VA Healthcare does a tremendous amount of research and works to get that information out into the public.<\/p>\n
As part of an effort to inform Veterans and others about their risk for developing the disease, Timothy, of VA’s Office of Research and Development<\/a>, appeared on The National Defense<\/a>, a syndicated radio program provided to radio stations nationwide by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.<\/p>\n According to Dr. O’Leary, type 2 (adult onset) diabetes affects nearly 20 percent of Veterans who use VA health care, compared to about 8 percent of the general public.<\/p>\n Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, kidney, disease, and amputation in the United States, and that up to 80 percent of patients with diabetes will face a heart attack or stroke. Dr. O’Leary said that VA is finding that group therapy is proving to be a successful method to help people control their blood sugar levels; that using (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney VA Healthcare does a tremendous amount of research and works to get that information out into the public. As part of an effort to inform Veterans and others about their risk for developing the disease,…<\/span><\/p>\n