Miss America Opens Diabetes Crusade
From Times Wire Reports
Nicole Johnson’s diabetes once caused temporary blindness, hair loss and pain so severe she couldn’t walk. As the newly crowned Miss America, Johnson launched a yearlong effort to fight the disease. The 24-year-old former Miss Virginia, who was crowned in Atlantic City, N.J., last month, was diagnosed with diabetes at 19 and now wears a device that pumps insulin into her body. She said she will work to increase testing, research and education about diabetes.
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