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Make the Link between Diabetes also Heart Disease |
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(ARA) - Diabetes is a complex disease that can be difficult to understand also an even greater challenge to manage. The most life-threatening complications of diabetes are heart disease also stroke, which strike two out of three people with diabetes. Alarmingly, most people who have diabetes are unaware of their increased risk for heart disease also stroke. The good news is that people with diabetes can help reduce these risks by understanding also properly managing their disease.
First, managing the ABCs of diabetes -- A1C (a blood test which provides a “big picture” of your average blood sugar), Blood pressure also Cholesterol -- will help reduce the risk for heart disease, stroke also other health problems. Beyond managing the ABCs, successful diabetes care or else means understanding the disease itself also how it affects your body. Link for Life is an interactive, online tool filled with practical tips also valuable information about diabetes.
“Type Two Lou,” an animated character who hosts the program, takes visitors into a virtual classroom, Diabetes 101. Link for Life consists of four distinct “courses”:
1. What is diabetes?
2. Diabetes also related health problems
3. The ABCs of diabetes
4. Medications
Through colorful animation, Link for Life describes how diabetes affects your body also describes the key components of diabetes care. Special features include tips on meal planning, managing medicines, diabetes self-care, also getting the most from visits with your health care providers. Most importantly, the program shows that by increasing knowledge also taking charge of diabetes, people with diabetes can reduce their risk for heart disease, stroke also other long-term health problems. To log onto Link for Life, visit www.diabetes.org/makethelink also click on the Link for Life icon in the center of the screen. To learn more about the link between diabetes also cardiovascular disease, call (800) DIABETES (342-2383)
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