Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Professional Issues Articles
Popular Professional Issues Articles
Highly Recommended Professional Issues Articles
Good News For Once: Americans Are Managing Diabetes Better
In 2001, just over a third of Americans had their diabetes well controlled, based upon an A1c of seven percent or lower. In 2006, however, more than half of them had their diabetes well controlled. These are the results of a study of nearly 5 million patients performed from 2001 to 2007 by Quest Diagnostics Inc. and analyzed by Dr. Francine Kaufman of the University of Southern California.
It's an impressive improvement, given estimates that for every one point drop in A1c, the risk of complications drops by forty percent. Most of the improvement had occurred by 2003; however, since then the average A1c has only dropped from 7.3 percent to 7.2 percent.
The study also found that men have poorer control than women and that all people with diabetes struggle more in the dark months of January through March, perhaps because we all eat more during the winter holidays.
* * *
Source: Medline Plus
Editor's Note: Although this study reports that women are in better control of their diabetes than men, other research shows that women are nevertheless more likely than men to die from cardiovascular complications of diabetes. See "Men With Heart Disease and Diabetes Get Better Care Than Women", June 2007.
Related Article
Categories: A1c Test, Diabetes, Diabetes, Professional Issues, Type 1 Issues
You May Also Be Interested In...
Click Here To View Or Post Comments
0 comments -
Jul 28, 2007
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.