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About this episode

Today there are over 20 million people in the U.S. alone who are suffering from diabetes. There are millions more who are experiencing pre-diabetes symptoms or may not be aware of the presence of the disease in their life. The Answered Patient Diabetes episode will help: 1) Those who are currently living with diabetes better understand this disease and manage your health …and… 2) Those of you who think you may be experiencing pre-diabetes symptoms better understand this disease. Most importantly, we want to help you be better prepared and educated when you speak with your medical professional about this condition. In The Answered Patient Presents Diabetes, we’ll investigate the different types of diabetes and how they are diagnosed. We’ll also discuss with you some of the symptoms of this disease, as well as how it might affect your body. We invite you to join our host, Jane Hanson, as we: Provide you with strategies—like the daily monitoring of your blood sugar levels (called glucose) – so that you can keep your diabetes under control. Give you some tips about diet and exercise which will lessen the complications of this disease. Even if you don’t have diabetes yet, but think you might be at risk for this disease, the information and tips presented in this episode might also help in preventing the development of some types of diabetes. You can watch The Answered Patient Diabetes Episode right here and view additional AnswersTV health programming at www.answerstv.com/health

• Release Date

  Jan 7, 2008

• Runtime

  05:31