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What is a diabetes prevention program?

One in three U.S. adults has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Physicians can use an evidence-based diabetes prevention program to help these patients.

Prevention & Wellness
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Help patients know their prediabetes risk

It’s likely that a portion of your patient population has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Today, use Diabetes Alert Day to raise awareness of their prediabetes risk and how can help prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.

Prevention & Wellness
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As prediabetes burdens nation, new solution available for physicians

It’s likely that one-third of patients over age 18, and half over age 65, have prediabetes. A new solution from the AMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can help physicians prevent patients from progressing to diabetes and contribute to a healthier nation.

Prevention & Wellness
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Do you have prediabetes? Here are the signs

Could you be on your way to developing type 2 diabetes? Learn the signs of prediabetes, the precursor to diabetes that is reversible if caught early on, and what you can do to prevent type 2 diabetes.

Prevention & Wellness
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Learn to treat a common diabetes complication, get CME

With the percentage of Americans with diabetes more than doubling in the past two decades, it’s important to know how to manage the disease’s complications. A continuing medical education activity can help.

Online CME
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Diabetes patients see better outcomes when blood pressure is lowered

A recent study in JAMA analyzed the associations between treatments lowering blood pressure and their effects on patients with type 2 diabetes. Although baseline blood pressure measurements varied among participants, the study collected enough data to determine a clear relationship between lowering blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes and reducing their risk for microvascular and macrovascular health outcomes.

Prevention & Wellness
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How one physician helped a patient transform her life

While helping patients lead healthy lives is a primary goal of physicians, dramatic transformations aren’t always the result. But one patient with diabetes recently saw her health turn around as she lost more than 200 pounds with the help of her physician and lifestyle changes.

Chronic Diseases
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4 ways patients can stay healthy during the holidays

Studies suggest diabetes prevalence has as much as tripled in recent decades, and data show about two in five Americans will develop type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives. Use National Diabetes Month this November to encourage your patients to stay healthy during the holiday season.

Prevention & Wellness
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Learn which of your patients is at high risk for diabetes

One in three Americans has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and certain patient populations are more susceptible to developing this disease. Use National Diabetes Month this November to learn which of your patients may be at higher risk—and what you can do about it.

Prevention & Wellness