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December 16, 2009

Touchdowns score donations for diabetes

Now for a little football departure. (We're quite versatile here at Picture of Health)

No one expects Ravens fans to root for the opposing team. But during this Sunday's match up with the Chicago Bears, perhaps Baltimore fans can take a little comfort in touchdowns scored by their rival.

For every touchdown Bears quarterback Jay Cutler completes, drugmaker Eli Lilly and Company will donate $1,000 to the summer camp scholarship fund of the American Diabetes Association. Cutler, who has type 1 diabetes, has been raising awareness of the illness through the Touchdowns for Diabetes program. So far this season, some $48,000 has been raised.

Posted by Kelly Brewington at 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Way to go Eli Lilly! i think we're also going to campaign this and try raising funds.. every cent counts..

Posted by: diabetes | December 17, 2009 8:41 AM

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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