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Prevent Diabetes Problems

Good news for people with diabetes! You CAN prevent the complications! Find out more about how to manage your diabetes, feel better, and stay healthy. See BE ACTIVE and EAT RIGHT.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• How to quit smoking

• Clean Hands Save Lives

From the National Diabetes Education Program

• A to do list for foot care in PDF (PDF - 22 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• Be smart about your heart. Control the ABCs of diabetes (PDF - 264 KB) Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in various Asian/Pacific Island languages

• Control your diabetes. For life. Tips to help you feel better and stay healthy (PDF - 64 KB) - Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in Spanish— Tome su diabetes en serio para que no se vuelva cosa seria. Recomendaciones para sentirse mejor y estar más saludable
  (PDF - 464 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• Controlling diabetes

• Foot care tip sheet in PDF (PDF - 31 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• Four steps to control your diabetes for life

• If you have diabetes, know your blood sugar numbers (PDF - 508 KB) Learn more about PDFs

• If you have diabetes, take care of your heart (Si tiene diabetes, cuide su corazón) (bilingual brochure) (PDF - 204 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• Take care of your feet for a lifetime
  Available in PDF (PDF - 268 KB) - Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in Spanish— Cuide sus pies durante toda su vida

• The power to control diabetes is in your hands (PDF - 484 KB)  Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in Spanish— El poder de controlar la diabetes está en sus manos (PDF – 468 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• The 7 principles for controlling your diabetes for life (PDF - 228 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

From the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse

• How to prevent problems with your eyes, feet, skin, kidneys, nervous system, teeth, and gums

• Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your diabetes under control
  Also available in PDF (PDF - 208 KB) - Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in Spanish
  Also available in Spanish— PDF (PDF - 234 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

• Prevent dabetes problems: keep your heart and blood vessels healthy
  PDF version (PDF - 258 KB) - Learn more about PDFs
  Also available in Spanish
  Spanish PDF (PDF - 311 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• What you need to know to lower your cholesterol
  Available in Spanish

• Your guide to lowering blood pressure
  Also available in PDF (PDF - 268 KB) - Learn more about PDFs

From MedlinePlus

• Heart disease prevention

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