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April 2019In This Issue: Improving Care for Veterans with Diabetes Improving Care for Veterans with DiabetesOverview: Diabetes–An Epidemic ChallengeDiabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses blood sugar (glucose). Chronic diabetes includes type 1 diabetes (body does not make insulin) and type 2 diabetes (body does not use insulin properly). Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use glucose for energy. Potentially reversible diabetes conditions include prediabetes, in which blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to qualify as diabetes; and gestational diabetes, which occurs in pregnant women and may resolve after the baby is born. Diabetes by the numbers
Globally, diabetes is rising to an epidemic level – with prevalence rates in the Western Pacific region (i.e., Guam and the Marshall Islands) at 38% of the adult populations, which is why early diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes is so essential.4 References
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