As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

I was diagnosed with diabetes about 20 years ago.

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.