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Senior Citizen Health & Medicine
Campaign Highlights the Link Between Diabetes
and Cardiovascular Disease
Heart disease & stroke account for about 65% of deaths in
people with diabetes
 Sept. 14, 2007 Control Your Diabetes. for
Life. is the latest campaign effort by The National Diabetes
Education Program and it includes special help for the millions of
senior citizens suffering with diabetes. The focus of the campaign is
the increased risk of cardiovascular disease for those with diabetes,
especially senior citizens. More than one out of five of those over age
60 have diabetes, which is over 10 million older Americans.
The Power to Control Diabetes is in Your Hands is a
booklet designed to help senior citizens (see graphic at top right). It
is available free in Adobe pdf format or in regular html format. (See
links below story.)
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In the U.S. more than 20 million adults are living
with diabetes and are at increased risk of CVD. But there are steps that
they can take to reduce the complications associated with these two
diseases. Control Your Diabetes. For Life. is a national campaign
that will reach out through a network of 200 partners to health care
professionals and their patients to emphasize the importance of
comprehensive control of diabetes and CVD.
The effort is jointly sponsored by the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Public awareness of the link between diabetes and
CVD is low, and many people with diabetes do not understand all they can
do to manage their disease and reduce their risk for complications,
including heart attack and stroke.
Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates
about two to four times higher than adults without diabetes, and the
risk for stroke is also two to four times higher among people with
diabetes.
Control Your Diabetes. For Life. campaign
messages and materials help people with diabetes understand the
importance of controlling their ABCs as measured by the A1C test,
Blood pressure, and Cholesterol. The A1C test measures a persons
average blood glucose level over the past three months. High blood
pressure makes a person's heart work too hard. Too much bad cholesterol,
or LDL, builds up and clogs a person's arteries. People with diabetes
need to ask their health care team what their ABC numbers are, what they
should be, and how to reach their goal numbers.
Free educational materials include:
> 4 Steps to
Control Your Diabetes. For Life., a brochure to help people with
diabetes manage their disease;
> Take Care of Your Heart. Manage Your
Diabetes, a tip sheet about the link between diabetes and heart disease
and tips on how to manage the ABCs of diabetes;
 > Guiding Principles for
Diabetes Care, a guide to help health care professionals learn more
about essential components of diabetes care;
> Diabetes Numbers
At-a-Glance, a handy laminated pocket guide with a list of current
recommendations for health care professionals to diagnose and manage
diabetes; and other free resources for people with diabetes, their
families, and health care professionals.
Control Your Diabetes. For Life. campaign messages
and materials are tailored to groups at high risk for the disease:
African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians, Alaska Natives,
Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and older adults. Materials are
available in English, Spanish, and 15 Asian and Pacific Islander
languages.
Through the Control Your Diabetes. For Life.
campaign, NDEP is working to change the way diabetes is treated. For
more information about the link between diabetes and heart disease or
the Control Your Diabetes. For Life. campaign, (http://www.ndep.nih.gov/campaigns/ControlForLife/ControlForLife_overview.htm)
visit
www.YourDiabetesInfo.org or call 1-888-693-NDEP (6337).
Listen to an NIH Research Radio interview about
this campaign at
http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm.
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Total Prevalence of Diabetes Among People Aged 20
Years or Older, United States, 2005
> Age 20 years or older: 20.6 million; 9.6 percent of
all people in this age group have diabetes.
> Age 60 years or older:
10.3 million; 20.9 percent
of all people in this age group have diabetes.
> Men: 10.9 million; 10.5 percent of all men aged 20
years or older have diabetes.
> Women: 9.7 million; 8.8 percent of all women aged
20 years or older have diabetes.
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
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The NIDDK, a component of the NIH, conducts and
supports research in diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic
diseases; digestive diseases, nutrition, and obesity; and kidney,
urologic and hematologic diseases. For more information about NIDDK and
its programs, see
www.niddk.nih.gov.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) The
Nation's Medical Research Agency includes 27 Institutes and Centers
and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic,
clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the
causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For
more information about NIH and its programs, visit
www.nih.gov.
Free brochure online for senior citizens
The Power to Control Diabetes is in Your
Hands
>> Online html view -
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/campaigns/Power/control_diabetes.htm#1
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Print version (PDF* 2.82MB)
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