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Article: MORE NEW YORK ADULT DIABETICS MONITOR BLOOD GLUCOSE DAILY, A POSITIVE SIGN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 2, 2007
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The New York State Department of Health issued the following news release:
More adult New Yorkers with diabetes are checking their blood glucose daily than ever before, according to a report just published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Research results in the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) found that adult New Yorkers with diabetes who checked their blood glucose levels at least once a day increased by more than 75 percent, from 43.5 percent of diabetics to 75.6 percent between 1997 and 2006. Over 75 percent of New York respondents checked their blood glucose daily, surpassing the national average of 63 percent.
Blood glucose is the main sugar the ...