WESTPORT, Conn., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- With the NBA draft just hours away, it seems that Adam Morrison has also caught the eye of the American public for his outspokenness about diabetes, the very same diabetes that some say may make him a bit of an unknown entity for the NBA. It is unclear where Morrison will fall in the draft this year but with those in the diabetes community, he was the number one vote getter.
Morrison was at the top gaining the admiration of more than 20,000 readers, listeners, and viewers of dLife, America's leading multimedia information source for people living with diabetes. Business giant Lee Iacocca, and comic book kids' authors Kamaal and Malcolm Washington were among The Annual dLife Top 10, Making a Difference in Diabetes. The entire list may be viewed at http://www.dlife.com/.
Morrison enters the NBA Draft as the nation's leading scorer during the 2005-2006 college basketball season, all while managing his diabetes by openly testing his blood sugars and injecting insulin courtside.
"Some days the sugars are up and down and your body just doesn't feel right but it's no excuse," says Morrison. "You gotta just go out there and give it 110 percent, even though you don't feel well." This message has resonated as dramatically with the diabetes community as his athletic skills on the court have resonated with the sports community.
"The range of winners provides some real insight into just how widely the diabetes epidemic impacts our society," says Howard Steinberg, CEO and Founder of LifeMed Media, the parent company of dLife, who also lives with type 1 diabetes. "Adam's public acknowledgment of his chronic disease helped make it very clear that people with diabetes can take control of their condition and not only achieve success in life, but also achieve greatness."
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