Participants are being sought for a diabetes research study at the University of Hawaii.

The Live Healthy … Work Well project is through the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa. The goal is to find new and better ways to treat and prevent diabetes.

According to UH statistics, more than 72,000 people in Hawai'i have been diagnosed with diabetes and an additional 25,000 are undiagnosed.

Poorly controlled diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in Hawai'i and may cause blindness, gum disease, heart disease, kidney failure and nerve damage. Native Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino and Pacific Islander populations are particularly vulnerable.

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes, are between the ages of 18 and 62, live on Oahu and work a minimum of ten hours per week, you may qualify to participate in the study.

All participants in the Live Healthy … Work Well project will receive monetary compensation and paid project related medical expenses.

Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Space is limited. Call 956-5096 or e-mail workwell@hawaii.edu.