<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/11-07-diabetes-awareness-month.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>11/07/2025 10:03:33 AM</pubDate><title>Observing National Diabetes Awareness Month</title><sub-title/><description>This month, we join the nation in observing National Diabetes Awareness Month, focusing on raising awareness, promoting education, and encouraging our community to assess their risk for diabetes. Diabetes, particularly Type 2, affects many in our community and can lead to severe health complications without proper management.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/_images/diabetes-month.jpg" alt="Diabetes Month"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/11-07-diabetes-awareness-month.xml</loc><tags><tag>Commemorative Months</tag></tags><categories/></item>