Raaawr! Where’s Our Blue Bear for Diabetes Awareness?

With November being Diabetes Awareness Month, all kinds of pitches and news releases about awareness and fundraising campaigns have been pouring into our inboxes. One that caught our eye came directly from the JDRF, which is now in its 10th year o…

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Press Release: Center for Oral Health receives grant to conduct oral health assessment of Older Adults POMONA, Calif. – The Center for Oral Health has received a $170,000 grant from The California Wellness Foundation (CalWellness) to conduct an oral health assessment of older adults in California over the next two years. “California is home to nearly 7 million residents who are 60 or older. Within a few years, one in five Californians will be 65 or older, and will be increasingly diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, financial resources and living conditions. As people age, they continue to be plagued by oral health problems; in fact, in the U.S. today, only 28 percent of older adults (ages 65-74) have...