Medical Care Alone Won't Halt the Spread of Diabetes, Scientists Say
Now experts are calling for walkable communities, improved housing, and access to health care and better food, particularly in minority communities.
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Now experts are calling for walkable communities, improved housing, and access to health care and better food, particularly in minority communities.
Ending the Diabetes-COVID Disaster Overview of Excess, Preventable COVID Diabetes Deaths in New York City, New York State and the Nation When Loretta Fleming, a South Bronx public housing resident with diabetes, took local self-management classes after years of failed efforts at trying to better control her diabetes, she was able to reduce her A1C (a blood sugar measure) from a near lethal 11% to 6.5%. She knew that by doing this she was slashing her risks for kidney failure, amputation and a range of other diabetes –related complications; w...