American Indian communities benefit from diabetes screening

In a recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "to assess trends in diabetes screening among American Indian adults and identify opportunities to extend blood glucose screening to those at risk for undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes.

T.S. Harwell and colleagues working with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services explained, "In 1999, 2001, and 2003, approximately 1,000 American Indian adults aged 18 years and older living on or near the seven reservations in Montana were interviewed through telephone surveys. Of respondents without diagnosed...

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