Madeira Beach NewsLocal news for Madeira Beach, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Higginbotham officially takes over in Madeira Beach- July 2, 2008 In a widely anticipated move, the Madeira Beach Board of Commissioners officially hired W.D. Higginbotham Jr.http://www.topix.net/city/madeira-beach-fl/2008/07/higginbotham-officially-takes-over-in-m... Diabetic raises awareness about the disease with national walk- July 1, 2008 Motorists along U.S. 1 may notice a solitary figure in shorts, T-shirt and a sun-faded neon safety vest walking south. He is not a surveyor. Instead, he is Andrew Mandell, a diabetic in the eighth year of a 10,000-plus mile walk around the perimeter of the United States to raise awareness about diabetes prevention and testing.Ignorance about diabetes prevention, detection and treatment is the primary reason about a third of the 23.7 million people with the disease don't even know that they have.http://www.topix.net/city/madeira-beach-fl/2008/07/diabetic-raises-awareness-about-the-dis... |