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Navigating Your Way to Optimal Health

by Laura Hieronymus, M.S.Ed., A.P.R.N., B.C.-A.D.M., C.D.E., and Gregory Hood, M.D.

Setting sail

With the ADA’s standards of care serving as a map to guide you, you can control your diabetes destiny. The sailing may not always be smooth, but if you stay on course with self-care, optimal blood glucose control, continuing diabetes education, and regular visits to and communication with your diabetes care providers, good health and prevention of diabetes-related complications can be your charted destination.

Bon voyage.

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Symptoms of Diabetes

 

 

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