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<td align="center"><font size="6"><b>THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION</b></font><br>
<font size="5"><b>THE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION</b></font></td>
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<li><a href="#mtm">Introduction to JDF by Mary Tyler Moore</a> </li>
<li><a href="#aboutjdf">About JDF</a> </li>
<li><a href="vision.htm"><font size="3">Many Voices, One Goal</font></a> </li>
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<p align="center"><font size="5"><b>Mary Tyler Moore</b></font><br>
<font size="4"><b>International Chairman<br>
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International<br>
The Diabetes Research Foundation</b></font> </p>
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<li>Do you know that <a href="whatknow.htm">diabetes</a> is a leading cause of death in the
United States? </li>
<li>Do you know that blindness changes the lives of as many as 24,000 people with diabetes
each year? </li>
<li>Do you know that cardiovascular disease is two to four times more common in people with
diabetes? </li>
<li>Do you know that more than one third of all new dialysis patients have diabetes-caused
kidney failure? </li>
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<p>I, along with the <a href="facts.html">16 million other Americans</a> who have this
disease, know only too well. Help us find a cure. <a href="membersp.htm">Join</a> the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International/The Diabetes Research Foundation. <a href="vision.htm"><b>JDF gives more money directly to diabetes research than any other
private health agency in the world.</b></a> </p>
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<h1 align="center">About JDF</h1>
<p>The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF) is a not-for-profit, voluntary health agency
with <a href="chapters.htm">chapters and affiliates throughout the world</a>. JDF's main
objective is to support and <a href="research.htm">fund research</a> to find a cure for
diabetes and its complications. <a href="vision.htm">JDF gives more money directly to
diabetes research than any other private health agency in the world.</a> </p>
<p>The organization awards research grants for laboratory and clinical investigations and
sponsors a variety of career development and research training programs for new and
established investigators. </p>
<p>JDF also sponsors international workshops and conferences for biomedical researchers.
Individual chapters offer support groups and other activities for families affected by
diabetes. </p>
<p>For more information, write to: </p>
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<h4>Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International<br>
120 Wall Street<br>
New York, NY 10005-4001<br>
1-800-JDF-CURE<br>
1-212-785-9500</h4>
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<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="about.htm"><font size="2">About JDF</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="info_pub.htm"><font size="2">Diabetes<br>
Information<br>
&amp;AMP Publications</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="chapters.htm"><font size="2">Local<br>
JDF<br>
Chapters</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="research.htm"><font size="2">Research</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="govt_rel.htm"><font size="2">Government<br>
Relations</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="walk.htm"><font size="2">Walk To Cure<br>
Diabetes</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="howhelp.htm"><font size="2">How You<br>
Can Help</font></a></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="membersp.htm"><font size="2">Membership and<br>
Its Benefits</font></a></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="guestboo.htm"><font size="2">Sign Our<br>
Guest Book</font></a></td>
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<p><font size="2"><b>Copyright © 1996 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International. ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED.<br>
The BETA SOCIETY, COUNTDOWN, CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT DIABETES, THE DIABETES RESEARCH
FOUNDATION, JDF, JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, THE ONLY REMEDY IS A CURE,
WALK FOR THE CURE, 1-800-JDF-CURE and 1-800-WALK-JDF are Trademarks and Service marks of
the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International. </b><br>
E-mail comments to <a href="mailto:info@jdfcure.com">info@jdfcure.com</a><br>
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation<br>
The Diabetes Research Foundation<br>
120 Wall Street<br>
New York, NY 10005-4001<br>
800-JDF-CURE<br>
212-785-9500<br>
Fax 212-785-9595</font><br>
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