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On the occasion of the World Diabetes Day, which takes place on the 14th November every year, the Community Service Center at An-Najah National University in cooperation with the Palestinian Institute for Diabetes, Nablus and Novartis organized a public awareness seminar for women with and without diabetes. The seminar aimed to increases awareness about diabetes, the effects of diabetes and the complications caused by the disease.


The seminar included two awareness lecture given by specialists about the causes, symptoms, and treatments associated with this disease. Also, the seminar included a lecture given by a certified nutrition specialist who talked about the benefits of exercise .as it helps control weight, lower blood pressure, lower harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, raise healthy HDL cholesterol, strengthen muscles and bones, reduce anxiety, and improve one’s general well-being. The nutrition specialist informed the participants about the benefits of exercise for people with diabetes: exercise lowers blood glucose levels and boosts body's sensitivity to insulin, countering insulin resistance.

It is worth mentioning that the participant women were screened for diabetes in advance of the seminar. Moreover, the University’s Community Service Center offered flu vaccines to a number of poor patients.


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