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Diabetes: The Silent Killer

WGVU Public Broadcasting and Saint Mary's proudly present, the Family Health Matters program –

DIABETES: THE SILENT KILLER
Sunday, April 18 at 3 p.m. — 5 p.m.
On WGVU public television

DIABETES: THE SILENT KILLER – Doctors predict that one out of three children born in the year 2000 will be diagnosed with type two diabetes. That's a staggering statistic! Find out the answers in our in depth look at diabetes in "Diabetes: The Silent Killer," part of the Healthy Body/Healthy Mind series.

Viewers are able to call in questions to a live, in-studio panel of experts, featuring Saint Mary’s affiliated physicians, Mark Boelkins MD and Daniel Borreson MD. The panel will also feature a Saint Mary’s kidney transplant patient.

Saint Mary's is a proud underwriter for the Family Health Matters series on WGVU television. Now in its 14th year, WGVU Family Health Matters offers in-depth examination of health issues of interest to people in West Michigan. This year’s programs will deal with such timely topics as cancer, mental illness, stroke, organ transplants and eating disorders. Each feature program includes a live, in-studio panel discussion with professionals. Viewers are able to call in to ask questions of the experts on the air.