October 27, 2024 • 29 mins
When it comes to diabetes, Kentucky is near the tops nationally, what is it and how can you steer clear? Also how did you sleep last night? Suprisingly, your mornings have more to do with it than you think. We've got some great advice for how to get that sound sleep tonight. That and more w/Scott Fitzgerald in this week's "Kentucky Focus"!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I'm scut Fitzgerald. Dad. This is Kentucky Focus.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Coming up this week, diabetes Kentucky is near tops in
the nation and most of us honestly don't think about
it until it affects us.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
What exactly is it? Also, I'm just sleep last night.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
If you're like most maybe not the greatest, we'll get
the real reason why and how you might be able
to get some relief. And finally, do you still write checks?
Apparently many of you do. And while we've got something
you need to hear. It's all coming up in this
week's edition of Kentucky Focus.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I'm Scott Fitzgerald.
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This morning.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Well, National
Diabetes Month is coming up, and joining us to get
an early start is the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases Doctor Griffin Rogers here to talk
a little bit about diabetes. Doctor Rogers, thank you for
taking time to join us.
Speaker 7 (02:36):
Well, thanks for having me on your show.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, I appreciate that because I know this is a
hot button issue for a lot of folks, especially for
our listeners. Doc, and for those unfamiliar, what exactly is diabetes?
Speaker 7 (02:46):
Well, diabetes is a disease that occurs when one's blood
glucose also one it's called blood sugar is elevated. Diabetes
effects about thirty eight point four million a miter Americans,
or about eleven point six percent of the US population.
In Kentucky, though that number is about three percent higher,
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it's fourteen point eight percent of the population. So you
certainly are ranked as the sixth highest state with respect
to prevalence in the United States.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Doctor Griffin Rogers is joining us.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
He's with the National Institute of diabetes and digestive and
kidney diseases. Doctor Griffin, let me ask you, is diabetes
largely a hereditary issue.
Speaker 7 (03:32):
There are aspects of diabetes that have a genetic component,
and therefore diabetes tends to run in families. Are said
another way, if you have a first degree relative, you're
at a higher risk of developing diabetes. But there are
other risk factors associated with diabetes. Being over thirty five
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or forty or older increases your risk. Having overweight or
obesity increases your risk. That's probably the major driver in
this country. And in fact, that percentage of the high
prevalence that I told you about in Kentucky that's associated
within obesity rates in Kentucky of thirty seven point seven percent,
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which puts you at the ninth highest in terms of
the fifty states in this country. If you are not
very physically active, that increases your risk. Being from certain
racial and ethnic groups such as African Americans, Hispanic and Latinos,
American Indians, Asian and Pacific Islanders are also at a
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great greater risk. And one other factor, women during the
course of their pregnancy can to develop a condition called
gestational diabetes that affects some five to seven percent of
all pregnancies in this country. Now. Oftentimes after delivery, the
diabetes or the high sugars go away, but that mother
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is still at increased risk over the ensuing five years
of actually developing diabetes. And we now know with research
that the infant born from that mother who has gestational
diabetes is at increased risk of obesity and diabetes later
on in life as well.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Having a great conversation with National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases doctor Griffin Rogers ahead of National
Diabetes Month not coming up in November, getting a leg
up on it, doc, so we can prepare. And if
someone's listening to this right now and they've heard what
you've had to say already and they go, you know what,
I might be at risk outside again and making an
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appointment with their doctor, what sort of steps can they
take to kind of mitigate that risk?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Sure, Well, if you're at increased risk, of course, it
is important to schedule some time with your healthcare provider
to be tested. And there are simple tests now that
can be done, including your A one C. As people
listen to the television, you see all these ads on television,
and people are happy that they're lowering their A one C.
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The A one C test is a blood test that
measures what your average blood glucose is in the in
the previous three months, so it's a good index of
the highs and lows integrated over a fairly long period
of time. We tell people with diabetes that they should
know their ABC's, with that A being their A one
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C level, the B being their blood pressure, and their
C being their cholesterol, because both high blood sugar, high cholesterol,
and high blood pressure can conspire to damage the nerves
and the blood vessels in the body, and that in
turn can lead to heart attacks and strokes and damage
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to the eyes and to the kidneys and to the feet,
for example, And so having those under control and being
under a certain goal, pre specified goal that you work
out with your healthcare provider are vitally important to forestall
these complications.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Doctor Griffin Rogers joining us. We're are talking of course
about National Diabetes Month, and doctor Griffin. For someone that's
listening right now that really probably hadn't been to a
doctor in quite a while and it doesn't really know
a whole lot about diabetes, are there some are there symptoms,
Are there anything they should be looking for that might
send warning signs to someone to maybe get in and
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see a healthcare professional and discuss the possibility of diabetes.
Speaker 7 (07:29):
Sure well, in addition to being in those high risk
groups that we just discussed, in the presence of high
blood sugar, there are some fairly non specific signs that
people may exhibit, including being very thirsty and drinking a
lot and consuming a lot of fluids, urinating frequently, being tired,
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and not having the energy level that one normally had,
having blurred vision for example. But imagine that these are
so non specific that it's easy to attribute it to
something else. I didn't sleep well last night, or maybe
I'm coming down with a coal or something like that.
And in fact, many people are a substantial number of
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people aren't diagnosed with diabetes until they present to their
healthcare provider or to the hospital with one of those
complications such as a heart attack or a stroke, or
first time realizing that they have kidney disease, or they're
having visual problems, or they have bad periodontal disease, for example.
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And that's really, you know, one of the first steps.
So again, if you're in these high risk groups, particularly
if you have a family member that has it, you
should be tested and ask you if you aren't tested,
ask your doctor could they test you for you know,
with the simple A one C test.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
It's a couple more questions for you, Doctor Rogers again
joining us as National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Doctor Griffin Rogers's ahead.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Of National Diabetes Month in November and doctor Griffin, what
question should.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
I be asking my healthcare professional when I sit down
with that?
Speaker 7 (09:07):
Sure, well, you can say I've learned the importance of
the ABC's. What is my current A one C and
what do you think we should work on it becoming?
And how do I achieve that? What's my blood pressure?
Am I on the right blood pressure medicines to keep
it under control? What's my cholesterol? What are the medicines
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that I take? But not just the medications, but what
can I do to be a little bit more proactive
in getting these numbers in line? For example, eating the
right types of food could lower all three of those variables,
your cholesterol, your blood pressure, and your blood glucose. Exercise
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thirty minutes a day, five days a week, so one
hundred and fifty minutes of physical activity. And that doesn't
mean you have to join an expensive gym, just walking
for example, and if you can't you can't do thirty
minutes at one time, then do three ten minute intervals
in housework. That all counts as physical activity. Getting enough
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sleep and I always hesitate to tell someone on a
morning show that they should get between seven and eight
hours of sleep at night, because I know the practicality
of that. But we now know that sleep really contributes
so much to making sure your body is back in homeostasis,
we call it, to prepare you for the next day.
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And getting that adequate amounts of sleep, we realize now
is so important in keeping these numbers closer to normal
where they should be. And you know, of course, being
physically active has other benefits to improves your mood and
improves your your sleep your cognitive abilities later during the day.
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So sleep is vitally important. And these are some things that,
apart from medication, that you can do to be proactive,
and not only do they have a beneficial role in diabetes,
but in preventing a number of diseases. As we're learning
more and more each.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Day, fascinating conversation with doctor Griffin Rogers. He is with
the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Last question for you, doctor, how are we doing?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Are we making strides in combating diabetes and what do
we have a longer road ahead of us or are
we on the right track?
Speaker 7 (11:30):
Well, unfortunately, the prevalence and diabetes in this country tends
to be increasing and diabetes tends to double. Not the
prevalence is doubling, but by having diabetes, you double your
risks for developing heart attacks and strokes, and kidney disease
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and eye disease. It also increases your risk of certain
types of cancer, and it's increasing the risk of certain
types of liver diseases. And so, you know, we we
have you know, some you know, some challenges in front
of us. But research, bye, research, we're learning a lot
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each day. If we can get overweight and obesity under
better control, and some of these medications that are coming
out and other factors can improve that, then we think
the downstream complications like diabetes can be forestalled as well.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
And finally, doctor Rogers, where can folks go should they
have more questions about diabetes?
Speaker 7 (12:39):
We welcome them to join us at our website NIDDK
dot nih dot gov.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Great conversation.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
He is doctor Griffin Rogers with the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. November is National Diabetes Month.
Doctor Griffin, thanks so much for your time. This has
been a great conversation.
Speaker 7 (12:59):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Thank you again to doctor Griffin Rogers, director of the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. For
more information, simply visit ni DDK dot nih dot gov. Again,
that's ni d DK dot nih dot gov.
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How you sleeping if you're like most of us, Yeah,
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. When was
the last time you had a truly good night's sleep?
Staff meeting next day keeping you up, busy kids' schedule,
Maybe your spouse is a snort. Whatever the reason, nearly
a third of us aren't getting enough sleep. That's why
we've been joined now by doctor Caroline Leaf. She is
a communication pathologist, audiologist, clinical neuroscientist and specializes in research
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in psycho neeural biology. Wow, doctor leif that's a mouthful,
it is, so I got to ask you before we
get into this.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
What is psycho neurobiology In.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Simple language, it's it's mind brain body connection. So what
we do with our mind to fix our brain and
our body, that's the whole connections understanding the psycho for
mind near a brain oology for body, and they're all
linked and all affect.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Each other, Doctor Leef. Why do so many of us
struggle with sleipe? And what is exactly something that you
call the white bear effect?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
So people battle to fall asleep because of their mind.
Our mind drives the brain and the body. That's that
whole psycho neurobiology thing. So if your mind is messy,
your brain is messy, your body is messy, and then
that's going to affect all the neurophysiology that we need
to fall asleep and to stay asleep and to have
good rest for sleep. And so that links into the
white bear effect, which is a psychological concept where if
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you told not to think about something, you'll think about it.
So you're told don't think of the white bear, you'll
think of the white bear. In terms of sleep, we
are inundated by in the media about all the different
reasons why we should sleep, which is good to know,
and all the reasons why if we don't sleep heart
that's going to be so badsten. There's so much incredible
advice out there, but it's very overwhelming, and it creates
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the white very effect where people lying in bed at
night they can't fall asleep, and they're getting really anxious
because all they can think about is why the effect
that not falling asleep is having on their brain and
their body and their life tomorrow and all the rest
of it. So the way to do this is to
turn the white very effect on its head and make
it work for you, not against you. And the way
to do that is to embrace your sleeplessness and see
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it as an opportunity for Hey, now I can watch
that show that I haven't finished or read that book
or finished that project, or just have some time to myself.
And that may sound totally counter intuitive, it's gott It
really works because what we found from the research is
that the more worked up you are by thinking about
these things that can go wrong, you actually, in that
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process are wiring in a network that is basically disrupting
the way that you function and the way that you sleep.
So if you relax, you can and rewire that, and
then you can build up a more positive attitude to sleep,
and that in turn helps to rewire the networks for sleep.
Takes about sixty three days to build a new sleep habit,
but you're going to fall asleep much sooner than sixty
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three days, But basically relaxing into it, you'll find your
own unique way.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
You're absolutely right, Doctor Caroline Leaf is joining us now
and we're talking, of course, about getting that good night's sleep.
I do that all the time, doctor Carolina. If I
have a big meeting coming up, I'm like, stop thinking
about the meeting. But the more I tell myself to
stop thinking about the meeting, I think about the meeting.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
And then and then I'm wide awake.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
So to your point, I actually did exactly what you're
talking about one day, and I just said, you know what,
I'm up.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I'm going to catch up on that series I've been
wanting to watch.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And once I did that, my body just kind of
relaxed itself and I got done watching, I went to bed,
and lo and behold, I survived the next day, and
here we are back to normal. Doctor Caroline Leaf, she's
talking to us about getting a better sleep. And doctor Leaf,
you say, good sleep starts.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
In the morning. That's ironic, given that's when we usually
wake up.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 4 (18:46):
I know, isn't it? Isn't it ironic? Well, basically, your
management your mind drives everything, and your mind is changing
your brain and your body, and we go through all
these cycles, and so when you wake up, you're preparing
for the day, and the day is preparing for the night.
So it's starts in the morning because if your mind
is messy in the morning, it's going to be messy
throughout the day, and you're going to go to bed messy,
and you get stuck in the hustle, busy culture, and
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one thing after another just accumulates. So we can train
ourselves to have a last style of mind management. Starting
in the morning, take ten to fifteen minutes in the
morning to do what I call a directed neuroplasticity exercise,
which is basically called a neurocycle. And if you do
that first thing in the morning for ten minutes, it
will actually help set up the patterns during the day
that will keep you calm, that will then help all
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the neurophysiology that prepares you for sleep to take place. Okay,
so it's a scientific system for how to direct your neuroplasticity.
It's so I'm going to give you a really simple version.
You just basically sit down and say, okay, gather when
it's gather, When how am I feeling? Where am I
feeling it in my body? Why am I How's it
affecting my behavior and my perspective? Then you shift over
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to step number two. Why am I feeling this? Why
have I got these thoughts going through my head? Then
you just do a little bit of a mind storm
step three to see what else does this generate? To
bring all the stuff up from the non conscious mind
that you can clean up. Its kind of like a
housekeeping kind of function. And then you do a recheck,
which is okay, all this is up. This is why
I'm feeling so missie, and we're tough and worried about today.
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What can I do about this? How can I look
at this differently? And then you set a series of actions.
I'm going to do this, this, and this, and you
start today and if you do that for sixty three days,
you actually rewire the netflix of your brain and you
get your mind managed during the day, which will then
help prepare you for.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
The next outstanding. Doctor Caroline Leave is joining us. She
is a communication pathologist, audiologist and clinical neuroscience scientists excuse me,
specializing in research in psycho neeurobiology. And we're talking about
something that affects all of us, especially those of you
who wake up early in the morning. Getting that sleep
at night. How important that is. And we'll have more
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information on doctor Leaf posted on our website as well
and recap all of this, doctor leif while we have
you also sleep hygiene in our bedroom. How important is
this at getting a good night sleep?
Speaker 7 (21:01):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
So important. I mean if you're waking up with your
body sore and achy, it's going to really affect you.
So a mattress is absolutely paramount of paramount importance. And
if you're looking for comfort, something like the cert of
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incredible five support zone for full body alignment. If you
happen to be move around a lot in your sleep
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Beauty rest is wonderful because it has a teeth recoils
technology that actually helps absorb the movement and transfer the
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And if you are looking for something that to maybe
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is amazing for that. So choice of a mattress is
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absolutely essential to a good.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Night's sleep to Caroline Leave. So long story short, doc
is we've got to get our mind right. And if
we do these five basic steps you tell us about
as well as don't fight the sleeplessness, simply roll with
it to your what you call the white bear effect,
turn that on its head, we could pretty much go
a long way into solving our sleepless sleepless nights. And
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doctor Caroline Leave, as you've got it as you look
at sleeping before we let you go, is you look
at sleep sleep habits. We're busier now than we ever
have been. We're connected to devices, we're working harder. How
important is it to take care of your sleep health?
Speaker 4 (22:24):
Very important? And I think what is one of the
most important things is I said, is the mind management.
The second is to recognize you unique, unique and how
you think you unique and how you sleep. And there
isn't one, you know, one roof for everyone. It's everyone's
got a unique pattern. You know, for example, some people
can fall asleep watching something on your cell phone, someone
else can't, and someone's the specific sleep hours is if
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you shouldn't be so prescriptive. We've become very prescriptive with
it with sleep hygiene. So it's very important to rather
find your unique patent, find what works for you. And
you're only going to find that with mind management and
embracing sleep business that will then help you find.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
You Doctor Caroline Leaf. She is again a communication pathologist,
audiologist and clinical neuroscientists specializing in the research of psycho neurobiology.
Search her out online. If you want more information, we'll
have it all posted on our website. Doctor Caroline I
could probably talk to you all day about this because
I like to sleep and I don't like it when
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I'm goin away. Thank you so much, doctor Caroline, have
yourself a great day.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
Thank you, and you too love me talking to you.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
She is doctor Caroline Leave. Thank you again, Doctor Leave.
And for more information, just simply search her out at
doctor Leif dot com.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Coming on.
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Believe it or not, most of us are still writing
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus, Sime scun Fitzgerald. Well, if
you write paper checks, maybe some mailing from bills or
even birthday cards, you want to pay attention. Check writing
has of course declined in recent years thanks to technology.
Be yet somehow check fraud is nearly doubled. That's according
to a new report from the Boston Fed. Criminal groups
many times use one single check to join bank accounts. Well,
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doing something about that is the American Bankers Association. They've
got a couple of initiatives out now. One is called
the Practice Safe Checks. Yes that some play on words
and the banks never asked that campaign they aim to
warn consumers about the rise in check fraud and new
tactics used in fishing scams. They take advantage of social media,
even some light humor to spotlight Oh the many ways
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scammers try to get your personal information.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Joining us as Paul Benda.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
He's the executive vice president of Risk of Fraud and Cybersecurity.
And Paul, thanks for taking time to chat with us
about something. Honestly, we don't always think about it.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
I know I didn't. In a time where we're writing
less checks, why is check fraud on the rise?
Speaker 12 (25:51):
You know, even though we're not using as many checks
as we have in the past, we've seen a doubling
in check fraud in the past couple of years. So
criminal gangs have gotten out there and they've started to
steal checks from the blue boxes, out of post office boxes.
They're stealing them out of the post office and they're
actually washing the checks. They're erasing someone's name or changing
the amount of these checks, and they're using fake IDs
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and other capabilities to cash them at the bank and
steal money.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Again, we're joined by Paul Benda, executive vice president of Risk,
Fraud and Cybersecurity with the American Bankers Association. And Paul,
what about that banks that never ask initiative?
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Sure?
Speaker 12 (26:24):
So you know, along with criminals stealing checks, they're still
out there trying to convince you to give up there
your account information, so we've got our banks Never Asked
That campaign. Over twenty four hundred banks are participating in this,
trying to educate consumers on what banks will and won't ask.
You know, a lot of the criminals will send you
these emails that look like it comes from your bank
to try and get you to log into a fake
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like there's some fake fraud alert and trying to engage
you to give your account credentials and your bank is
never going to ask you for that one time use
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We're spending a few quality minutes with Paul Benda. He
is the executive vice president of Risk Fraud in Cybersecurity
with the American Bankers Association.
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And Paul, where can folks go for more information?
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That's a wrap on this week's Kentucky if you focus
on big Thank you to doctor Griffin Rogers. He is
the director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases. Of course talking about Kentucky being one
of the leading states in the nation for diabetes and
something again we don't always think about until it happens
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the game, just simply visit ni DDK dot nih dot gov.
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get to sleep right. For more information, you can visit
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Thank you again to Paul Benda, Executive vice president of Risk,
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Well, National
Diabetes Month is coming up, and joining us to get
an early start is the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases Doctor Griffin Rogers here to talk
a little bit about diabetes. Doctor Rogers, thank you for
taking time to join us.
Speaker 7 (02:36):
Well, thanks for having me on your show.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, I appreciate that because I know this is a
hot button issue for a lot of folks, especially for
our listeners. Doc, and for those unfamiliar, what exactly is diabetes?
Speaker 7 (02:46):
Well, diabetes is a disease that occurs when one's blood
glucose also one it's called blood sugar is elevated. Diabetes
effects about thirty eight point four million a miter Americans,
or about eleven point six percent of the US population.
In Kentucky, though that number is about three percent higher,
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it's fourteen point eight percent of the population. So you
certainly are ranked as the sixth highest state with respect
to prevalence in the United States.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Doctor Griffin Rogers is joining us.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
He's with the National Institute of diabetes and digestive and
kidney diseases. Doctor Griffin, let me ask you, is diabetes
largely a hereditary issue.
Speaker 7 (03:32):
There are aspects of diabetes that have a genetic component,
and therefore diabetes tends to run in families. Are said
another way, if you have a first degree relative, you're
at a higher risk of developing diabetes. But there are
other risk factors associated with diabetes. Being over thirty five
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or forty or older increases your risk. Having overweight or
obesity increases your risk. That's probably the major driver in
this country. And in fact, that percentage of the high
prevalence that I told you about in Kentucky that's associated
within obesity rates in Kentucky of thirty seven point seven percent,
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which puts you at the ninth highest in terms of
the fifty states in this country. If you are not
very physically active, that increases your risk. Being from certain
racial and ethnic groups such as African Americans, Hispanic and Latinos,
American Indians, Asian and Pacific Islanders are also at a
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great greater risk. And one other factor, women during the
course of their pregnancy can to develop a condition called
gestational diabetes that affects some five to seven percent of
all pregnancies in this country. Now. Oftentimes after delivery, the
diabetes or the high sugars go away, but that mother
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is still at increased risk over the ensuing five years
of actually developing diabetes. And we now know with research
that the infant born from that mother who has gestational
diabetes is at increased risk of obesity and diabetes later
on in life as well.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Having a great conversation with National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases doctor Griffin Rogers ahead of National
Diabetes Month not coming up in November, getting a leg
up on it, doc, so we can prepare. And if
someone's listening to this right now and they've heard what
you've had to say already and they go, you know what,
I might be at risk outside again and making an
(05:41):
appointment with their doctor, what sort of steps can they
take to kind of mitigate that risk?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Sure, Well, if you're at increased risk, of course, it
is important to schedule some time with your healthcare provider
to be tested. And there are simple tests now that
can be done, including your A one C. As people
listen to the television, you see all these ads on television,
and people are happy that they're lowering their A one C.
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The A one C test is a blood test that
measures what your average blood glucose is in the in
the previous three months, so it's a good index of
the highs and lows integrated over a fairly long period
of time. We tell people with diabetes that they should
know their ABC's, with that A being their A one
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C level, the B being their blood pressure, and their
C being their cholesterol, because both high blood sugar, high cholesterol,
and high blood pressure can conspire to damage the nerves
and the blood vessels in the body, and that in
turn can lead to heart attacks and strokes and damage
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to the eyes and to the kidneys and to the feet,
for example, And so having those under control and being
under a certain goal, pre specified goal that you work
out with your healthcare provider are vitally important to forestall
these complications.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Doctor Griffin Rogers joining us. We're are talking of course
about National Diabetes Month, and doctor Griffin. For someone that's
listening right now that really probably hadn't been to a
doctor in quite a while and it doesn't really know
a whole lot about diabetes, are there some are there symptoms,
Are there anything they should be looking for that might
send warning signs to someone to maybe get in and
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see a healthcare professional and discuss the possibility of diabetes.
Speaker 7 (07:29):
Sure well, in addition to being in those high risk
groups that we just discussed, in the presence of high
blood sugar, there are some fairly non specific signs that
people may exhibit, including being very thirsty and drinking a
lot and consuming a lot of fluids, urinating frequently, being tired,
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and not having the energy level that one normally had,
having blurred vision for example. But imagine that these are
so non specific that it's easy to attribute it to
something else. I didn't sleep well last night, or maybe
I'm coming down with a coal or something like that.
And in fact, many people are a substantial number of
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people aren't diagnosed with diabetes until they present to their
healthcare provider or to the hospital with one of those
complications such as a heart attack or a stroke, or
first time realizing that they have kidney disease, or they're
having visual problems, or they have bad periodontal disease, for example.
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And that's really, you know, one of the first steps.
So again, if you're in these high risk groups, particularly
if you have a family member that has it, you
should be tested and ask you if you aren't tested,
ask your doctor could they test you for you know,
with the simple A one C test.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
It's a couple more questions for you, Doctor Rogers again
joining us as National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Doctor Griffin Rogers's ahead.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Of National Diabetes Month in November and doctor Griffin, what
question should.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
I be asking my healthcare professional when I sit down
with that?
Speaker 7 (09:07):
Sure, well, you can say I've learned the importance of
the ABC's. What is my current A one C and
what do you think we should work on it becoming?
And how do I achieve that? What's my blood pressure?
Am I on the right blood pressure medicines to keep
it under control? What's my cholesterol? What are the medicines
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that I take? But not just the medications, but what
can I do to be a little bit more proactive
in getting these numbers in line? For example, eating the
right types of food could lower all three of those variables,
your cholesterol, your blood pressure, and your blood glucose. Exercise
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thirty minutes a day, five days a week, so one
hundred and fifty minutes of physical activity. And that doesn't
mean you have to join an expensive gym, just walking
for example, and if you can't you can't do thirty
minutes at one time, then do three ten minute intervals
in housework. That all counts as physical activity. Getting enough
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sleep and I always hesitate to tell someone on a
morning show that they should get between seven and eight
hours of sleep at night, because I know the practicality
of that. But we now know that sleep really contributes
so much to making sure your body is back in homeostasis,
we call it, to prepare you for the next day.
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And getting that adequate amounts of sleep, we realize now
is so important in keeping these numbers closer to normal
where they should be. And you know, of course, being
physically active has other benefits to improves your mood and
improves your your sleep your cognitive abilities later during the day.
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So sleep is vitally important. And these are some things that,
apart from medication, that you can do to be proactive,
and not only do they have a beneficial role in diabetes,
but in preventing a number of diseases. As we're learning
more and more each.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Day, fascinating conversation with doctor Griffin Rogers. He is with
the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Last question for you, doctor, how are we doing?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Are we making strides in combating diabetes and what do
we have a longer road ahead of us or are
we on the right track?
Speaker 7 (11:30):
Well, unfortunately, the prevalence and diabetes in this country tends
to be increasing and diabetes tends to double. Not the
prevalence is doubling, but by having diabetes, you double your
risks for developing heart attacks and strokes, and kidney disease
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and eye disease. It also increases your risk of certain
types of cancer, and it's increasing the risk of certain
types of liver diseases. And so, you know, we we
have you know, some you know, some challenges in front
of us. But research, bye, research, we're learning a lot
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each day. If we can get overweight and obesity under
better control, and some of these medications that are coming
out and other factors can improve that, then we think
the downstream complications like diabetes can be forestalled as well.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
And finally, doctor Rogers, where can folks go should they
have more questions about diabetes?
Speaker 7 (12:39):
We welcome them to join us at our website NIDDK
dot nih dot gov.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Great conversation.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
He is doctor Griffin Rogers with the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. November is National Diabetes Month.
Doctor Griffin, thanks so much for your time. This has
been a great conversation.
Speaker 7 (12:59):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Thank you again to doctor Griffin Rogers, director of the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. For
more information, simply visit ni DDK dot nih dot gov. Again,
that's ni d DK dot nih dot gov.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. When was
the last time you had a truly good night's sleep?
Staff meeting next day keeping you up, busy kids' schedule,
Maybe your spouse is a snort. Whatever the reason, nearly
a third of us aren't getting enough sleep. That's why
we've been joined now by doctor Caroline Leaf. She is
a communication pathologist, audiologist, clinical neuroscientist and specializes in research
(15:32):
in psycho neeural biology. Wow, doctor leif that's a mouthful,
it is, so I got to ask you before we
get into this.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
What is psycho neurobiology In.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Simple language, it's it's mind brain body connection. So what
we do with our mind to fix our brain and
our body, that's the whole connections understanding the psycho for
mind near a brain oology for body, and they're all
linked and all affect.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Each other, Doctor Leef. Why do so many of us
struggle with sleipe? And what is exactly something that you
call the white bear effect?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
So people battle to fall asleep because of their mind.
Our mind drives the brain and the body. That's that
whole psycho neurobiology thing. So if your mind is messy,
your brain is messy, your body is messy, and then
that's going to affect all the neurophysiology that we need
to fall asleep and to stay asleep and to have
good rest for sleep. And so that links into the
white bear effect, which is a psychological concept where if
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you told not to think about something, you'll think about it.
So you're told don't think of the white bear, you'll
think of the white bear. In terms of sleep, we
are inundated by in the media about all the different
reasons why we should sleep, which is good to know,
and all the reasons why if we don't sleep heart
that's going to be so badsten. There's so much incredible
advice out there, but it's very overwhelming, and it creates
(16:48):
the white very effect where people lying in bed at
night they can't fall asleep, and they're getting really anxious
because all they can think about is why the effect
that not falling asleep is having on their brain and
their body and their life tomorrow and all the rest
of it. So the way to do this is to
turn the white very effect on its head and make
it work for you, not against you. And the way
to do that is to embrace your sleeplessness and see
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it as an opportunity for Hey, now I can watch
that show that I haven't finished or read that book
or finished that project, or just have some time to myself.
And that may sound totally counter intuitive, it's gott It
really works because what we found from the research is
that the more worked up you are by thinking about
these things that can go wrong, you actually, in that
(17:32):
process are wiring in a network that is basically disrupting
the way that you function and the way that you sleep.
So if you relax, you can and rewire that, and
then you can build up a more positive attitude to sleep,
and that in turn helps to rewire the networks for sleep.
Takes about sixty three days to build a new sleep habit,
but you're going to fall asleep much sooner than sixty
(17:53):
three days, But basically relaxing into it, you'll find your
own unique way.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
You're absolutely right, Doctor Caroline Leaf is joining us now
and we're talking, of course, about getting that good night's sleep.
I do that all the time, doctor Carolina. If I
have a big meeting coming up, I'm like, stop thinking
about the meeting. But the more I tell myself to
stop thinking about the meeting, I think about the meeting.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
And then and then I'm wide awake.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
So to your point, I actually did exactly what you're
talking about one day, and I just said, you know what,
I'm up.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I'm going to catch up on that series I've been
wanting to watch.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And once I did that, my body just kind of
relaxed itself and I got done watching, I went to bed,
and lo and behold, I survived the next day, and
here we are back to normal. Doctor Caroline Leaf, she's
talking to us about getting a better sleep. And doctor Leaf,
you say, good sleep starts.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
In the morning. That's ironic, given that's when we usually
wake up.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 4 (18:46):
I know, isn't it? Isn't it ironic? Well, basically, your
management your mind drives everything, and your mind is changing
your brain and your body, and we go through all
these cycles, and so when you wake up, you're preparing
for the day, and the day is preparing for the night.
So it's starts in the morning because if your mind
is messy in the morning, it's going to be messy
throughout the day, and you're going to go to bed messy,
and you get stuck in the hustle, busy culture, and
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one thing after another just accumulates. So we can train
ourselves to have a last style of mind management. Starting
in the morning, take ten to fifteen minutes in the
morning to do what I call a directed neuroplasticity exercise,
which is basically called a neurocycle. And if you do
that first thing in the morning for ten minutes, it
will actually help set up the patterns during the day
that will keep you calm, that will then help all
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the neurophysiology that prepares you for sleep to take place. Okay,
so it's a scientific system for how to direct your neuroplasticity.
It's so I'm going to give you a really simple version.
You just basically sit down and say, okay, gather when
it's gather, When how am I feeling? Where am I
feeling it in my body? Why am I How's it
affecting my behavior and my perspective? Then you shift over
(19:53):
to step number two. Why am I feeling this? Why
have I got these thoughts going through my head? Then
you just do a little bit of a mind storm
step three to see what else does this generate? To
bring all the stuff up from the non conscious mind
that you can clean up. Its kind of like a
housekeeping kind of function. And then you do a recheck,
which is okay, all this is up. This is why
I'm feeling so missie, and we're tough and worried about today.
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What can I do about this? How can I look
at this differently? And then you set a series of actions.
I'm going to do this, this, and this, and you
start today and if you do that for sixty three days,
you actually rewire the netflix of your brain and you
get your mind managed during the day, which will then
help prepare you for.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
The next outstanding. Doctor Caroline Leave is joining us. She
is a communication pathologist, audiologist and clinical neuroscience scientists excuse me,
specializing in research in psycho neeurobiology. And we're talking about
something that affects all of us, especially those of you
who wake up early in the morning. Getting that sleep
at night. How important that is. And we'll have more
(20:50):
information on doctor Leaf posted on our website as well
and recap all of this, doctor leif while we have
you also sleep hygiene in our bedroom. How important is
this at getting a good night sleep?
Speaker 7 (21:01):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
So important. I mean if you're waking up with your
body sore and achy, it's going to really affect you.
So a mattress is absolutely paramount of paramount importance. And
if you're looking for comfort, something like the cert of
Perfect Sea for X is incredible because it has this
incredible five support zone for full body alignment. If you
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Beauty rest is wonderful because it has a teeth recoils
technology that actually helps absorb the movement and transfer the
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And if you are looking for something that to maybe
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is amazing for that. So choice of a mattress is
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absolutely essential to a good.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Night's sleep to Caroline Leave. So long story short, doc
is we've got to get our mind right. And if
we do these five basic steps you tell us about
as well as don't fight the sleeplessness, simply roll with
it to your what you call the white bear effect,
turn that on its head, we could pretty much go
a long way into solving our sleepless sleepless nights. And
(22:08):
doctor Caroline Leave, as you've got it as you look
at sleeping before we let you go, is you look
at sleep sleep habits. We're busier now than we ever
have been. We're connected to devices, we're working harder. How
important is it to take care of your sleep health?
Speaker 4 (22:24):
Very important? And I think what is one of the
most important things is I said, is the mind management.
The second is to recognize you unique, unique and how
you think you unique and how you sleep. And there
isn't one, you know, one roof for everyone. It's everyone's
got a unique pattern. You know, for example, some people
can fall asleep watching something on your cell phone, someone
else can't, and someone's the specific sleep hours is if
(22:46):
you shouldn't be so prescriptive. We've become very prescriptive with
it with sleep hygiene. So it's very important to rather
find your unique patent, find what works for you. And
you're only going to find that with mind management and
embracing sleep business that will then help you find.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
You Doctor Caroline Leaf. She is again a communication pathologist,
audiologist and clinical neuroscientists specializing in the research of psycho neurobiology.
Search her out online. If you want more information, we'll
have it all posted on our website. Doctor Caroline I
could probably talk to you all day about this because
I like to sleep and I don't like it when
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I'm goin away. Thank you so much, doctor Caroline, have
yourself a great day.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
Thank you, and you too love me talking to you.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
She is doctor Caroline Leave. Thank you again, Doctor Leave.
And for more information, just simply search her out at
doctor Leif dot com.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Coming on.
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the movement with Feeding America by volunteering, donating, and advocating.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus, Sime scun Fitzgerald. Well, if
you write paper checks, maybe some mailing from bills or
even birthday cards, you want to pay attention. Check writing
has of course declined in recent years thanks to technology.
Be yet somehow check fraud is nearly doubled. That's according
to a new report from the Boston Fed. Criminal groups
many times use one single check to join bank accounts. Well,
(25:10):
doing something about that is the American Bankers Association. They've
got a couple of initiatives out now. One is called
the Practice Safe Checks. Yes that some play on words
and the banks never asked that campaign they aim to
warn consumers about the rise in check fraud and new
tactics used in fishing scams. They take advantage of social media,
even some light humor to spotlight Oh the many ways
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scammers try to get your personal information.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Joining us as Paul Benda.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
He's the executive vice president of Risk of Fraud and Cybersecurity.
And Paul, thanks for taking time to chat with us
about something. Honestly, we don't always think about it.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
I know I didn't. In a time where we're writing
less checks, why is check fraud on the rise?
Speaker 12 (25:51):
You know, even though we're not using as many checks
as we have in the past, we've seen a doubling
in check fraud in the past couple of years. So
criminal gangs have gotten out there and they've started to
steal checks from the blue boxes, out of post office boxes.
They're stealing them out of the post office and they're
actually washing the checks. They're erasing someone's name or changing
the amount of these checks, and they're using fake IDs
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and other capabilities to cash them at the bank and
steal money.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Again, we're joined by Paul Benda, executive vice president of Risk,
Fraud and Cybersecurity with the American Bankers Association. And Paul,
what about that banks that never ask initiative?
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Sure?
Speaker 12 (26:24):
So you know, along with criminals stealing checks, they're still
out there trying to convince you to give up there
your account information, so we've got our banks Never Asked
That campaign. Over twenty four hundred banks are participating in this,
trying to educate consumers on what banks will and won't ask.
You know, a lot of the criminals will send you
these emails that look like it comes from your bank
to try and get you to log into a fake
website or send you a text that makes it sound
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like there's some fake fraud alert and trying to engage
you to give your account credentials and your bank is
never going to ask you for that one time use
pass code by calling you out of the blue.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
We're spending a few quality minutes with Paul Benda. He
is the executive vice president of Risk Fraud in Cybersecurity
with the American Bankers Association.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
And Paul, where can folks go for more information?
Speaker 12 (27:06):
So you can go our practice safechecks dot com where
you can see some funny YouTube videos on how to
safely write some checks, or you can go to banks
Never Ask That dot com. We really like this because
there's a video game that you can play, or we
have a great quiz that you can compete with your
friends and family on to see who is best at
identifying the criminals and keeping their money safe.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Thank you again to Paul Bendo with the American Bankers Association. Again,
for more information, simply go to ABA dot com. We're
back to wrap things up after this. I'm Scott Fitzgerald
and you're listening to Kentucky Phone.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
I love this song. I love nachos, loving everything. You
might be buzzed. You know what I'd love a ride
when it's time to head out. If you see a
buzz warning sign, call for a ride when it's time
to go home. Buzz driving is drunk driving. A message
from NITZA and the ad Council.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
That's a wrap on this week's Kentucky if you focus
on big Thank you to doctor Griffin Rogers. He is
the director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases. Of course talking about Kentucky being one
of the leading states in the nation for diabetes and
something again we don't always think about until it happens
to us. If you'd like to get ahead on the game,
or know somebody that could stand to get ahead in
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the game, just simply visit ni DDK dot nih dot gov.
That website again, NI d DK dot nih dot go. Also,
thank you doctor Caroline Leave for helping us get some
sleep and kind of flipping the script one we can't
get to sleep right. For more information, you can visit
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doctor Leif dot com and last, but certainly not Leaves.
Thank you again to Paul Benda, Executive vice president of Risk,
Fraud and Cybersecurity with the American Bankers Association. If you'd
like more information on how to keep yourself safe or
those you know who write checks, simply visit ABA dot com.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
And of course thank you the listener for taking time
to visit with us each week. We always love our
weekly visits together. Again, if you have a story you.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Think it needs to be told to the Commonwealth, all
you can do is drop me a line Scott Fitzgerald
at iHeartMedia dot com. Again, Scott Fitzgerald at iHeartMedia dot com.
We'd love to share your stories statewide, So for all
of us here at Kentucky Focus and of course the
Kentucky News Network, I'm Scott Fitzgerald reminding you to make
it a happy and same week, and
Speaker 1 (29:26):
We'll talk to you next week on Kentucky Focus
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