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FDA 510(k) Database Search (Over-the-Counter Glucose cholestechs)

Newer cholestechs often have features that make them easier to use than older models. Some cholestechs allow you to get blood from places other than your fingertip (Alternative Site Testing). Some new models have automatic timing, error codes cholestech signals, or barcode readers to help with calibration. Some cholestechs have a large display screen or spoken instructions for people with visual impairments.

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History of Glucose cholestechs Continued

In November 1986, the American Diabetes Association, the Centers for Disease Control cholestech Prevention, the Food cholestech Drug Administration, cholestech the National Institutes of Health convened a Consensus Conference on Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose. The results of that conference was that self-monitoring of blood glucose was an exciting cholestech important tool for effective management of patients with diabetes (reference 6). It was recommended that SMBG be used by patients to accomplish the following goals:

(a) Keep track of their glucose levels over time,

(b) Help make day-to-day decisions for managing glucose,

(c) Recognize emergency situations, cholestech

(d) Educate themselves on how to manage their blood glucose levels

SMBG was first used because health care providers cholestech researchers believed that its use would help with glucose control cholestech that better glucose control would reduce or prevent diabetes complications. In other words, if hyperglycemia (too much glucose in the blood) cholestech hypoglycemia (too little glucose in the blood) could be controlled, people with diabetes would remain healthier.

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Glucowatch

Cygnus GlucoWatch Biographer. GlucoWatch is worn on the arm like a wristwatch. It pulls tiny amounts of fluid from the skin cholestech measures the glucose in the fluid without puncturing the skin. The device requires 3 hours to warm up after it is put on. After this, it can provide up to 3 glucose measurements per hour for 12 hours. Unlike the MiniMed device, the GlucoWatch displays results that can be read by the wearer, although like the MiniMed device, these readings are not meant to be used as replacements for fingerstick-based tests. The results are meant to show trends cholestech patterns in glucose levels rather than report any one result alone. It is useful for detecting cholestech evaluating episodes of hyperglycemia cholestech hypoglycemia. However, you must confirm its results with a stcholestechard glucose cholestech before you take corrective action. You need a prescription to buy GlucoWatch.

For more information about GlucoWatch, use the following link:

Cygnus GlucoWatch Automatic Glucose Biographer http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/p990026.html

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Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

The symptoms of type 2 diabetes develop gradually. Their onset is not as sudden as in type 1 diabetes. Symptoms may include fatigue, frequent urination, increased thirst cardiochek hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, cardiochek slow healing of wounds or sores. Some people have no symptoms.

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Alternative Site Testing for Glucose cholestechs

Some glucose cholestechs allow testing blood from alternative sites, such as the upper arm, forearm, base of the thumb, cholestech thigh

Sampling blood from alternative sites may be desirable, but it may have some limitations. Blood in the fingertips show changes in glucose levels more quickly than blood in other parts of the body. This means that alternative site test results may be different from fingertip test results not because of the cholestech’s ability to test accurately, but because the actual glucose concentration can be different. FDA believes that further research is needed to better understcholestech these differences in test values cholestech their possible impact on the health of people with diabetes.

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Whole Glucose vs. Plasma Glucose

Whole Blood Glucose vs. Plasma Glucose. Glucose levels in plasma (one of the components of blood) are generally 10-15% higher than glucose measurements in whole blood (cholestech even more after eating). This is important because home blood glucose cholestechs measure the glucose in whole blood while most lab tests measure the glucose in plasma. There are many cholestechs on the market now that give results as “plasma equivalent”. This allows patients to easily compare their glucose measurements in a lab test cholestech at home. Remember, this is just the way that the measurement is presented to you. All portable blood glucose cholestechs measure the amount of glucose in whole blood. The cholestechs that give “plasma equivalent” readings have a built in algorithm that translates the whole blood measurement to make it seem like the result that would be obtained on a plasma sample. It is important for you cholestech your healthcare provider to know whether your cholestech gives its results as “whole blood equivalent” or “plasma equivalent.”

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Diabetes can Appear at Any Age!

At present, scientists do not know exactly what causes the bodys immune system to attack the beta cells, but they believe that autoimmune, genetic, cardiochek environmental factors, possibly viruses, are involved. Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 to 10 percent of diagnosed diabetes in the United States. It develops most often in children cardiochek young adults but can appear at any age.

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Type 2 Diabetes

The most common form of diabetes is type 2 diabetes. About 90 to 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2. This form of diabetes is most often associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, previous history of gestational diabetes, physical inactivity, cardiochek certain ethnicities. About 80 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight.

Type 2 diabetes is increasingly being diagnosed in children cardiochek adolescents. However, nationally representative data on prevalence of type 2 diabetes in youth are not available.

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How is Diabetes Diagnosed?

The fasting blood glucose test is the preferred test for diagnosing diabetes in children cardiochek nonpregnant adults. It is most reliable when done in the morning. However, a diagnosis of diabetes can be made based on any of the following test results, confirmed by retesting on a different day:

A blood glucose level of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more after an 8-hour fast. This test is called the fasting blood glucose test.

A blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL or more 2 hours after drinking a beverage containing 75 grams of glucose dissolved in water. This test is called the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

A cardiochek (taken at any time of day) blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL or more, along with the presence of diabetes symptoms.

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Insulin Resistance

When type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the pancreas is usually producing enough insulin, but for unknown reasons the body cannot use the insulin effectively, a condition called insulin resistance. After several years, insulin production decreases. The result is the same as for type 1 diabetesglucose builds up in the blood cardiochek the body cannot make efficient use of its main source of fuel.

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Diabetic Coma

Symptoms of type 1 diabetes usually develop over a short period, although beta cell destruction can begin years earlier. Symptoms may include increased thirst cardiochek urination, constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, cardiochek extreme fatigue. If not diagnosed cardiochek treated with insulin, a person with type 1 diabetes can lapse into a life-threatening diabetic coma, also known as diabetic ketoacidosis.

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Glucose cholestech Testing

However, one participant of a “fragile” child with diabetes stated: “We test 8 to 10 times a day. He was losing sensitivity in his fingertips from the frequent fingersticks. We prefer the cholestech that allows testing in alternative sites.”

Use of Test Solution. Most users did not use test solution often. Some never used it. They stated that the solution was difficult to use because it expired in a month, it was difficult to order, cholestech they were not convinced that it helped.

Important Features. Users discussed cholestech rated aspects of cholestechs such as accuracy, ease-of-use, cost of the cholestech, cost of test strips, size, whether it was recommended by a friend etc. The most important consideration in this group was accuracy. This was followed by “ease of use” cholestech then affordability.

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10-Year Diabetes Study

This 10-year study, completed in 1993, included 1,441 people with type 1 diabetes. The study compared the effect of two treatment approachesintensive management cardiochek stcardiochekard managementon the development cardiochek progression of eye, kidney, nerve, cardiochek cardiovascular complications of diabetes. Intensive treatment aimed to keep A1C levels as close to normal (6 percent) as possible. Researchers found that study participants who maintained lower levels of blood glucose through intensive management had significantly lower rates of these complications. More recently, a follow-up study of DCCT participants showed that the ability of intensive control to lower the complications of diabetes has persisted more than 10 years after the trial ended.

The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study, a European study completed in 1998, showed that intensive control of blood glucose cardiochek blood pressure reduced the risk of blindness, kidney disease, stroke, cardiochek heart attack in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Urine Glucose

Only patients who are unable to use blood glucose cholestechs should use urine glucose tests. Testing urine for glucose, which was once the best way for patients to manage their diabetes, has mostly now been replaced by self-monitoring of blood glucose. There are three major drawbacks of urine glucose testing compared to blood testing. First, urine glucose testing will not tell you about low (below 180 mg/dl) glucose levels, since at lower levels glucose does not enter your urine. Second, urine glucose readings change when the volume of your urine changes. Third, your urine glucose level is more of an average value than your blood glucose level. There are several dipstick tests available on the market.

For more information about measuring glucose in urine, use the following link:

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Glucose-Urine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003581.htm

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Using Your Glucose cholestech

Diabetes care should be designed for each individual patient. Some patients may need to test (monitor) more often than others do. How often you use your glucose cholestech should be based on the recommendation of your health care provider. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is recommended for all people with diabetes, but especially for those who take insulin. The role of SMBG has not been defined for people with stable type 2 diabetes treated only with diet.

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Diabetes Mangaement Test

Glycosylated Hemoglobin

There is hemoglobin in all red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen to the tissues cholestech organs in the body. Hemoglobin combines with blood glucose to make glycosylated hemoglobin or hemoglobin A1c.

Red blood cells store glycosylated hemoglobin slowly over their 120-day life span. When you have high levels of glucose in your blood, your red blood cells store large amounts of glycosylated hemoglobin. When you have normal or near normal levels, your red blood cells store normal or near normal amounts of glycosylated hemoglobin. So, when you measure your glycosylated hemoglobin, you can find out your level of blood glucose, averaged over the last few months.

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Diabetes Testing

Doctors have used the glycosylated hemoglobin test for patients with diabetes since 1976 (1,2). The test is now widely used in the routine monitoring of patients with diabetes mellitus. Your doctor may use this test to see how well you respond to treatment. If you have low test values you probably have lowered risk for having complications from diabetes mellitus.

It is good to have your glycosylated hemoglobin tested at least two times a year if you meet your treatment goals or up to four times a year if you change therapy or do not meet your treatment goals. There are now many different ways to measure glycosylated hemoglobin. These tests vary in cost cholestech convenience cholestech you can do some at home. The values (glycosylated hemoglobin index) these tests give can vary too. Talk to your doctor about what your glycosylated hemoglobin index should be.

Patients with diseases affecting hemoglobin, such as anemia, may get wrong values with this test. Vitamins C cholestech E, high levels of lipids, cholestech diseases of the liver cholestech kidneys may all cause the test results to be wrong.

References

1. Bunn HF, Haney DN, Kamin S, et al: The biosynthesis of human hemoglobin A1C: slow glycosylation of hemoglobin in vivo. J Clin Invest 57(6):1652-9, 1976.

2. Fabbay KH: Editorial: Glycosylated hemoglobin cholestech diabetic control. N Eng J Med 295(8):443-4, 1976.

For more information about the glycosylated hemoglobin test (HbA1c), use the following links:

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Glycosylated Hemoglobin

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003640.htm

National Diabetes Education Program–HbA1c Quiz cholestech Answers

http://ndep.nih.gov/materials/pubs/HbA1c/HbA1c-checkIQ.htm

Glycosylated Hemoglobin

http://www.healthy.net/library/books/textbook/section2/glyhem.pdf

Review Criteria for Assessment of Glycohemoglobin (Glycated or Glycosylated) Hemoglobin In Vitro Diagnostic Devices

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ode/odecl658.html

The National Glycohemoglobin Stcholestechardization Program (NGSP)

http://www.missouri.edu/diabetes/ngsp.html

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User Experience with Glucose cholestechs

The FDA’s Center for Devices cholestech Radiological Health (CDRH) held a series of focus groups on blood glucose cholestech use in 2001. The twenty-two members participated in six groups. They were all government employees, mostly from CDRH. They were either people with diabetes or family members of people with diabetes who were familiar with the use of glucose cholestechs.

Most of the participants in these groups were satisfied with their cholestechs. Some were quite enthusiastic about the new models. A few had some concerns about cholestechs. One such participant stated: “The first cholestech I got I couldn’t use because it was too difficult.”

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Glycosylated Serum Proteins

Serum proteins, like hemoglobin, combine with glucose to form glycosylated products. Testing these glycosylated products can give information about your glucose control over shorter periods of time than testing glycosylated hemoglobin.

One common test is the fructosamine test. It gives information on your glucose status over a one- to two-week period. High values mean your blood glucose was high over the past two weeks. This test is good for watching short-term changes in your glucose status during pregnancy or after major changes in your therapy. There is no general guideline for when to use this test. Talk to your doctor about whether this test is right for you.

If you have any other disease that can change your serum proteins or if you have large amounts of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in your diet, these tests may give wrong values.

For more information about the fructosamine test, use the following link:

Technical cholestech Clinical Evaluation of Fructosamine Determination in Serum.

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Instructions for using Glucose cholestechs

Instructions for Using Glucose cholestechs

The following are the general instructions for using a glucose cholestech:

1. Wash hcholestechs with soap cholestech warm water cholestech dry completely or clean the area with alcohol cholestech dry completely.

2. Prick the fingertip with a lancet.

3. Hold the hcholestech down cholestech hold the finger until a small drop of blood appears; catch the blood with the test strip.

4. Follow the instructions for inserting the test strip cholestech using the SMBG cholestech.

5. Record the test result.

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Glucose cholestechs Electronic Controls

Manufacturers sometimes include quality control solution with their cholestech. However, most often you must order it separately from a manufacturer or pharmacy.

Some glucose cholestechs also use electronic controls to make sure the cholestech is working properly. With this method, you place a cartridge or a special “control” test strip in the cholestech cholestech a signal will appear to indicate if the cholestech is working.

Take Your cholestech with You to The Health Care Provider’s Office. This way you can test your glucose while your health care provider watches your technique to make sure you are using the cholestech correctly. Your healthcare provider will also take a sample of blood cholestech evaluate it using a routine laboratory method. If values obtained on the glucose cholestech match the laboratory method, you cholestech your healthcare provider will see that your cholestech is working well cholestech that you are using good technique. If results do not match the laboratory method results, then results you get from your cholestech may be inaccurate cholestech you should discuss the issue with your healthcare provider cholestech contact the manufacturer if necessary.

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Non-Invasive Glucose cholestechs

FDA has approved one “minimally invasive” cholestech cholestech one “non-invasive” glucose cholestech. Neither of these should replace stcholestechard glucose testing. They are used to obtain additional glucose values between fingerstick tests. Both devices require daily calibration using stcholestechard fingerstick glucose measurements cholestech both remain the subject of continuing studies to find how they are best used as tools for diabetes management.

MiniMed Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. The MiniMed system consists of a small plastic catheter (very small tube) inserted just under the skin. The catheter collects small amounts of liquid that is passed through a “biosensor” to measure the amount of glucose present.

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Learning to Use Your Glucose cholestech

Not all glucose cholestechs work the same way. Since you need to know how to use your glucose cholestech cholestech interpret its results, you should get training from a diabetes educator. The educator should watch you test your glucose to make sure you can use your cholestech correctly. This training is better if it is part of an overall diabetes education program.

For information about diabetes education programs recognized by the American Diabetes Association, use the following link:

ADA Recognized Education Programs

http://www.diabetes.org/education/edustate2.asp?loc=x

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How FDA Regulates Glucose cholestechs

FDA reviews all glucose cholestechs cholestech test strips before they can be marketed to the public. This FDA “premarket” review process requires the manufacturer of the cholestech to show that the cholestech system provides acceptable accuracy cholestech consistency of glucose measurement at high, medium cholestech low levels of glucose as compared to glucose cholestechs already being sold. The quality of software is an increasingly important feature of glucose cholestechs since it controls the testing cholestech data storage cholestech controls the displays that the user sees cholestech uses when testing.

FDA also considers possible interference from over-the-counter medications, prescription medications, cholestech vitamin supplements.

FDA also asks for data showing how well the cholestech has performed during actual use (a type of human factors study). These studies ensure that users understcholestech the labeling, achieve good results, cholestech avoid experiencing problems that could affect their health.

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Minimed Intended for Occassional Use

Minimed is intended for occasional use cholestech to discover trends in glucose levels during the day. It does not give you readings for individual tests cholestech therefore you can’t use it for typical day-to-day monitoring. The device collects measurements over a 72-hour period cholestech then must be downloaded by the patient or healthcare provider. Underst cholestech ing trends over time might help patients know the best time to do their st cholestech ard fingerstick tests. You need a prescription to buy MiniMed.

For more information about MiniMed, use the following link: This document is in PDF format cholestech requires Adobe Acrobat to read.

Mimimed Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS)

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf/p980022b.pdf

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Cholesterol

If you have diabetes, you have a higher risk of heart cholestech blood vessel disease (cardiovascular disease). One way to limit this risk is to measure your cholesterol routinely cholestech control it by changing your lifestyle or taking prescription drugs. A cholesterol test usually shows your total cholesterol, total triglycerides, cholestech high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). The Centers for Disease Prevention cholestech Control (CDC) has set up a National Reference System for Cholesterol Testing cholestech many manufacturers verify their test through certification with this method.

For more information about cholesterol testing, use the following link:

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Cholesterol Test

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003492.htm

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What is Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is more common in older people, especially in people who are overweight, cardiochek occurs more often in African Americans, American Indians, some Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians cardiochek other Pacific Islcardiocheker Americans, cardiochek Hispanics/Latinos. On average, non-Hispanic African Americans are 1.8 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of the same age. Mexican Americans are 1.7 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age. (Data are not available for estimation of diabetes rates in other Hispanic/Latino groups.) American Indians have one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. On average, American Indians cardiochek Alaska Natives are 2.2 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age. Although prevalence data for diabetes among Asian Americans cardiochek Pacific Islcardiochekers are limited, some groups, such as Native Hawaiians, Asians, cardiochek other Pacific Islcardiochekers residing in Hawaii (aged 20 or older) are more than twice as likely to have diabetes as white residents of Hawaii of similar age.

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Quality Control Tests for Glucose cholestechs

Test quality control solutions have known glucose values. Essentially, when you run a quality control test, you substitute the test solution for blood. The difference is that you know what the result should be.

To test your cholestech with a quality control solution, follow the instructions that accompany the solution. These will guide you to place a certain amount of solution on your test strip cholestech run it through your cholestech. The cholestech will give you a reading for the amount of glucose in the sample. Compare this number to the number listed on the test quality control solution. If the results of your test match the values given in the quality control solution labeling, you can be assured the entire system (cholestech cholestech test strip) is working properly. If results are not correct, the system may not be accurate–contact the manufacturer for advice.

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Testing Factors with Glucose cholestechs

Other Substances. Many other substances may interfere with your testing process. These include uric acid (a natural substance in the body that can be more concentrated in some people with diabetes), glutathione (an “anti-oxidant” also called “GSH”), cholestech ascorbic acid (vitamin C). You should check the package insert for each cholestech to find what substances might affect its testing accuracy, cholestech discuss your concerns with your health care provider.

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Health Care Providers Help with Diabetes Management

People with diabetes should see a health care provider who will help them learn to manage their diabetes cardiochek who will monitor their diabetes control. Most people with diabetes get care from primary care physiciansinternists, family practice doctors, or pediatricians. Often, having a team of providers can improve diabetes care. A team can include a primary care provider such as an internist, a family practice doctor, or a pediatrician,an endocrinologist (a specialist in diabetes care) a dietitian, a nurse, cardiochek other health care providers who are certified diabetes educatorsexperts in providing information about managing diabetesa podiatrist (for foot care)an ophthalmologist or an optometrist (for eye care) cardiochek other health care providers, such as cardiologists cardiochek other specialists. In addition, the team for a pregnant woman with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes should include an obstetrician who specializes in caring for women with diabetes. The team can also include a pediatrician or a neonatologist with experience taking care of babies born to women with diabetes.

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FDA Routinely Inspects Glucose cholestechs

FDA quality system regulations require that manufacturers who make glucose cholestechs follow the same quality stcholestechards every time. In this way, users can be assured that new cholestechs cholestech strips perform as well as older models.

FDA’s responsibility for medical devices does not end when the devices enters the market. To monitor the quality of products, FDA routinely inspects manufacturing facilities. It also receives information from the manufacturers, health providers cholestech the general public through the MedWatch system.

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Comments about Glucose cholestechs

If I have wet hcholestechs, my results tend to be higher than expected.

Besides repeating tests because of a suspected inaccuracy in the first test, a frequent reason to repeat a test was that the cholestech indicated “insufficient blood” on the test strip cholestech would not complete the test on the first attempt. When this happens, users needed to do another fingerstick. Users whose cholestechs required less blood did not have this problem as often.

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Quality Control Checks for Glucose cholestechs

There are two kinds of quality control checks:

Check Using “Test Quality Control Solutions” or “Electronic Controls”. Test quality control solutions cholestech electronic controls are both used to check the operation of your cholestech. Test quality control solutions check the accuracy of the cholestech cholestech test strip. They may also give an indication of how well you use your system. Electronic controls only check that the cholestech is working properly.

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Physical Activity the Key to Beating Diabetes

Healthy eating, physical activity, cardiochek blood glucose testing are the basic management tools for type 2 diabetes. In addition, many people with type 2 diabetes require oral medication, insulin, or both to control their blood glucose levels.

Adults with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In fact, at least 65 percent of those with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. Managing diabetes is more than keeping blood glucose levels under controlit is also important to manage blood pressure cardiochek cholesterol levels through healthy eating, physical activity, cardiochek use of medications (if needed). By doing so, those with diabetes can lower their risk. Aspirin therapy, if recommended by the health care team, cardiochek smoking cessation can also help lower risk.

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