Diabetes Prevention & Care
Blindness caused by diabetic retinopathy is 90 percent preventable.
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What is diabetes? Find out here.
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Are you at risk for pre-diabetes? Take this test from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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What you need to know about diabetes from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE).
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Diabetes is strongly linked to heart disease. Learn more here.
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Diabetes Kickstart. Learn the basics of managing diabetes.
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Living well with diabetes. Nutrition, exercise, mental health, caregiving, and other tips from the ADA.
Heart Health
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The American Heart Association has a new tool for measuring heart health called Life's Essential 8.
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What is cardiovascular disease? Learn about it here.
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Facts about high blood pressure.
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Cardiovascular disease and effects on eye health.
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Learn how strokes affect vision.
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Eat smart, move more, be well. Healthy living tips from the American Heart Association.
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10 ways to keep your child's heart healthy from Children's Health.
Kidney Disease & Care
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Chronic kidney disease basics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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What are the signs, symptoms, and risk factors for kidney disease?
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Understanding your lab values. From the National Kidney Foundation.
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Learn how diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney disease are related. From the American Diabetes Association.
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Take a virtual health course from the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.
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Learn more about eyes and chronic kidney disease.
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