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JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 384 people have been killed by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian city of Palu on Friday, officials said, with the death toll expected to rise. With communications knocked out, relief officials have not been able to get any information from Donggala regency, an area north of Palu that is closer to the epicenter of the 7.5 magnitude quake. In Palu, more than 16,000 people were evacuated after the disaster struck. Here are some key facts about Palu and Donggala, on the island of Sulawesi: - Palu is the capital of Central Sulawesi province, located at the end of a narrow bay on the west coast of Sulawesi island, with an estimated population of 379,800 in 2017. The city was celebrating its 40th anniversary when the quake and tsunami hit. - Donggala is a regency stretching along more than 300 km (180 miles) of coastline in the northwest of Sulawesi island. The regency, an administrative region below a province, had an

By Sysy Morales September 28th, 2018 | DiabetesDaily.com HealthDay News has reported on a September 19th CDC National Center for Health Statistics data brief indicating that 1 in 7 Americans now has diabetes. The CDC states that 14% of adults in the U.S. have diabetes, and of that 14%, 4% are undiagnosed. Mark Eberhardt, an epidemiologist at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics told HealthDay, “Diabetes remains a chronic health problem in this country, affecting some 30 million people,” which he added is related to an aging population and the ongoing obesity epidemic in the U.S. Eberhardt stressed widespread testing for diabetes because according to the data, so many people don’t know they have it. Who Has Diabetes? Recent figures say that type 2 diabetes accounts for 91% of diabetes cases and tends to be associated with excess weight. Those who are overweight or obese are more often diagnosed with diabetes. The research report shows that 21% of obese adults