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Alabama Public Radio Goes To Camp Seale Harris

By Susan Jones

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Tuscaloosa, AL – The State Department of Public Health says ten percent of Alabama's diabetics have Type 1. Whereas Type 2 diabetics produce insulin and aren't able to utilize it properly, a Type 1 diabetics pancreas does not make insulin at all. This disease can be hard to deal with physically and emotionally, and there is no cure. However, there is a place, right here in Alabama, where healing begins. APR's Susan Jones has the story.

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