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HHS, ADA Team For National Campaign Against Diabetes

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 25th, 2001

A new emphasis on treating diabetes comprehensively - that is, managing not only blood glucose, but also blood pressure, and cholesterol - could save lives, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Marking November as National Diabetes Month, HHS and its partners are joining forces to inform the public that good diabetes management is more than lowering blood glucose. Control of blood pressure and cholesterol is crucial to help prevent heart disease and stroke, the leading killers of people with diabetes. New guidelines for blood pressure and LDL...

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