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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Potential to Manage Diabetes

Improved understanding of diabetes risk factors
- Improved weight control lowers the risk of diabetes
Earlier diagnosis and treatment
- Diabetes is diagnosed years earlier, providing opportunity to treat before complications occur
Tight management of diabetes prevents disability
- Clinical trials show that tight blood sugar and blood pressure control prevent many complications, including stroke, heart attack, and death
Advances in treatment
- New drugs emerge to control sugar and prevent complications