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Guide to diabetes

Simple strategies that can help you manage the disease

Published: January 2013

We've drawn on our medical experts, survey data from more than 5,000 people with diabetes, and medical research to identify the strategies that work best for preventing and treating diabetes.

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Preventing diabetes

10 diabetes myths
Diabetes screening

Treating diabetes

What our survey found
Behind the survey
Where to start
Keys to success
Living with diabetes
Glucose-meter Ratings
Best Buy Drugs
Can a supplement help?
Choose your provider

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Eating right
Exercising
Controlling costs
Getting support

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