Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Putting the Brakes on Diabetes Complications

"Encouraging news: People with diabetes are living longer, healthier lives with fewer complications. What’s the driving force? Greater awareness and better control of risk factors are moving the needle.
We've come a long way in reducing the impact of diabetes on people's lives. In the last 20 years, rates of several major complications have decreased among US adults with diabetes. The greatest declines were for two leading causes of death: heart attack and stroke. (People with diabetes are at higher risk for heart disease, and they may get it more severely and at a younger age than people who don't have diabetes.) This is meaningful progress..."

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