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Amid pandemic, diabetes prevention goes virtual in North Carolina

Learn about this ambitious effort from the AMA and North Carolina Medical Society to reach the 2.8 million North Carolinian adults with prediabetes.

Prevention & Wellness
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Doctor’s mnemonic boosts holistic management of type 2 diabetes

When it comes to caring for his patients with type 2 diabetes, Tony Hampton, MD, takes a different route: focusing on the root cause of the disease. Learn more.

Chronic Diseases
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Teen prediabetes skyrockets: 3 ways physicians can help

It is critical for physicians to advance the prediabetes conversation with their younger patients. Here’s how.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 barriers to launching a virtual diabetes prevention program

To reach patients with prediabetes during the pandemic, Marshfield Clinic Health System launched the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a distance learning format.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight
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3 Min Read

To overcome prediabetes referral barriers, turn to the community

Lifestyle change programs offer evidence-based approaches to treating prediabetes. But how do you overcome referral barriers? Find out more.

Prevention & Wellness
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8 eating plans for patients with prediabetes

Nutrition therapy is an important component of prediabetes and diabetes care. But which eating plans work best?

Prevention & Wellness
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4 Min Read

Medicare’s diabetes prevention benefit: What doctors should know

New CME from the AMA offers insight into helping your patients take advantage of Medicare’s new payment for diabetes prevention programs.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 Min Read

How prediabetes exacts a $43 billion toll on U.S. economy

We know the numbers of U.S. adults with prediabetes. But what toll does the burden of prediabetes have on the U.S. economy? Find out more.

Prevention & Wellness
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3 Min Read

Why your patients with prediabetes might benefit from interval training

Two weeks of interval training provides the same benefits for patients with prediabetes as continuous exercises like jogging, a study suggests. Find out more.

Prevention & Wellness