Up to 4.2 million New Yorkers are estimated to have pre-diabetes.
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January 9, 2012
A new article in Health Affairs examines NYSHealth’s approach to improving diabetes prevention and management in New York State. The article appears in Health Affairs’ January issue, “Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis,” funded in part by NYSHealth. The diabetes-themed issue explores the challenges faced by the public health and health care systems as prediabetes and diabetes rates continue to rise.
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January 4, 2012
Read an NPR article on a new study that shows patients with diabetes who had breaks in their insurance coverage are less likely to get the necessary tests to manage the disease.
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December 29, 2011
Read an American Medical News article on how the rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the U.S. could reverse the progress made in improving the nation’s cardiovascular health.
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December 20, 2011
Read a UPI article on the increase in the number of Americans who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
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December 16, 2011
Read an NPR article on the the correlation between gum disease and diabetes and the role dentists can play in screening patients for diabetes and other health issues.
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November 14, 2011
Read an Associated Press article on a new report that predicts that 552 million people—one in 10 adults—could have diabetes in two decades' time.
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November 7, 2011
Read a Los Angeles Times article on how a patient newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes worked with his doctor to make important lifestyle changes.
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October 10, 2011
Read a U.S. News & World Report article on how diabetes education and behavioral interventions can help lower blood sugar levels in people who are having trouble managing their diabetes, according to new studies.
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September 13, 2011
Read a Reuters article on how the worldwide number of people with diabetes has now reached 366 million, killing one person every seven seconds.
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September 8, 2011
Read an NPR article on how weight-loss programs could help overweight patients at risk for diabetes and other serious conditions, and how paying for these programs now could reduce future health care costs, according to two studies. The article includes the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program, an NYSHealth-funded initiative.
