New tool helps diabetics manage
The Canadian Diabetes Association has developed checklist tools for both patients and doctors to help with management of the disease.
Diabetes patients should be taking an active role in their own health care and in managing their condition, says Dr. Maureen Clement, chair of the organization-of-care committee with the Canadian Diabetes Association.
To this end, the association has developed a patient checklist, designed to help prepare for doctor visits that are focused specifically on diabetes.
Such visits should be scheduled at least four times a year to assess patients for risk of heart attack or stroke, have...
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