The CDC has reported that more than 100 million Americans are now living with diabetes or prediabetes, and these numbers continue to rise. While some people are born with type 1 diabetes, 95% of those affected have adult onset, or type 2 diabetes. Join me, Host Dr Justin Clark for Line One, when we discuss the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
HOST: Dr. Justin Clark, MD, FACS
GUESTS:
- Dr. Ross Tanner, Diabetes and Lipid Clinic of Alaska
- Dr. Hale Loofbourrow, Primary Care Associates
LINKS:
- An overview of diabetes: symptoms, causes, risk factors, prevention
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s diabetes homepage
- American Diabetes Association
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
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- Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
- MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
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