Growing old with diabetes
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. Diabetes care is getting better, but it isn’t getting better equally for all. A look at middle-aged and older adults finds African Americans and Latinos still lag. Michele Heisler of the University of Michigan was searching for the big differences that made for worse outcomes. Her study in Archives of Internal Medicine was supported by the National Institutes of Health. ``African American adults reported more barriers to taking medications, and worse medications adherence. Another important factor was Latino adults reported much higher levels of distress related to their diabetes.’’ (11 seconds) Heisler says the distress got in the way of getting the diabetes under control. But she says these people might be able to get a grip on these factors more easily than others, such as age and education. Learn more at hhs.gov. HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I’m Ira Dreyfuss. Last revised: May, 26 2008 | 
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