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A huge study has revealed what we need to be eating every day to lower our risk of diabetes and related vascular complications. Unfortunately, its not ice cream or friesbut it is a simple dietary addition that most of us can easily make: fresh fruit.

Huaidong Du, MD, PhD, of Oxford University, England, led the Chinese epidemiological study, which included half a million people and was reported online in PLOS Medicine. According to the research team, each daily portion of fruit consumed linked to a 12 percent reduction in diabetes risk, an association not significantly modified by sex, age, region, survey season, or a range of other factors including smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index, and family history of the disease. (Find out the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.)

To our knowledge, this is the first large prospective study demonstrating similar inverse associations of fruit consumption with both incident diabetes and diabetic complications, writes Du and colleagues. In lay language, this means that the more fruit you eat, the lower your risk of diabetes and diabetes complications. These findings suggest that a higher intake of fresh fruit is potentially beneficial for primary and secondary prevention of diabetes (Here are more foods that should be in a diabetic diet.)

Previous research on how to prevent diabetes with fruit consumption has focused mainly on Western populations and typically included processed fruitinstead of only fresh fruit in the Chinese study. Because Chinese people with the disease are likely to cut fresh fruit from their diets due to a mistaken belief that any sweet-tasting food will raise their blood sugar, this may explain the very strong association in this study. Nonetheless, clinicians and nutritionists the world over are likely to be celebrating the findings.

And the good fruit news doesnt end there: A separate study, carried out by the University of Eastern Finland and published online in Scientific Reports, found that the healthy bacteria that form in the gut when we eat fiber can be protective against the disease. Guess what has a ton of fiber? Yes, thats rightfruit.

Be aware, however, that you can get too much of a good thingeven fruit. The World Health Organization recommends 400 grams of fruit and vegetables per day for diabetes prevention (as well other chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and obesity), and theres no need to go way over that amount. Nutritionist Abby Langer, RD, told Self that eating too much fruit can actually cause health issues like bloating, fatigue, weight gain, or trouble losing weight, and over time can result in heightened triglycerides (fat in the blood associated with how much sugar you eat) and high blood sugar levels.

So how many pieces of fruit is the ideal per day? Shoot for five servings of different fruits (in addition to vegetables) daily. If possible, choose from these superfood fruits.

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Eating a diet with a higher amount of plant protein may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers from the University of Eastern Finland. While plant protein may provide a protective role, meat protein was shown to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.

More than 29 million people in the Unites States are affected by diabetes, with type 2 diabetes accounting for between 90 and 95 percent of all cases. An essential part of managing diabetes is partaking in regular physical activity, taking medications to lower blood glucose levels, and following a healthful eating plan.

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, healthy eating consists of consuming a variety of products from all food groups, with nonstarchy vegetables taking up half of the plate, grains or another starch on one fourth of the plate, and meat or other protein comprising the final fourth.

It is recommended that fatty or processed meat should be avoided and that lean meat, such as skinless chicken, should be opted for as an alternative.

Meat consumption has frequently been explored as a variable associated with diabetes, and previous research has found a link between a high overall intake of protein and animal protein, and a greater risk of type 2 diabetes. Eating plenty of processed red meat, in particular, has been connected with the condition.

The new research - published in the British Journal of Nutrition - adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that the source of dietary protein may be important in altering the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

The researchers set out to investigate the links between different dietary protein sources and type 2 diabetes risk. They used data from the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD), which was carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.

When the KIHD study began in the years between 1984 and 1989, the diets of 2,332 men aged 42 to 60 years old were assessed. None of the individuals had type 2 diabetes at the onset of the study. Over the course of the 19-year follow-up, 432 men were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Jyrki Virtanen, a certified clinical nutritionist and an adjunct professor of nutritional epidemiology at the University of Eastern Finland, and colleagues discovered that a diet high in meat was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The association was seen across all types of meat in general, including processed and unprocessed red meat, white meat, and variety meats.

The researchers say that the association may be a result of other compounds found in meat other than protein, since meat protein alone was not connected with the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Men who included a higher intake of plant protein in their diets also had healthier lifestyle habits. However, their lifestyle habits were not shown to fully explain their reduced risk of diabetes.

Male study participants who had the highest intake of plant protein were 35 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men with the lowest plant protein intake. Furthermore, using a computer model, Virtanen and team estimate that replacing around 5 grams of animal protein with plant protein per day would diminish diabetes risk by 18 percent.

The link between plant protein and reduced diabetes risk may be explained by the effect of plant protein in the diet on blood glucose levels. Those people who consumed more plant protein had lower blood glucose levels at the start of the study.

The primary sources of plant protein in this study were grain products, with additional sources including potatoes and other such vegetables.

A diet preferring plant protein to meat protein may help protect against type 2 diabetes. The authors conclude that:

"Replacing 1 percent of energy from animal protein with energy from plant protein was associated with [an] 18 percent decreased risk of type 2 diabetes. This association remained after adjusting for BMI. In conclusion, favoring plant and egg proteins appeared to be beneficial in preventing type 2 diabetes."

Overall protein, dairy protein, and fish protein were not connected with a risk of type 2 diabetes, the researchers note. The team also revealed that, confirming the group's earlier studies, a higher intake of egg protein was identified as able to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Learn how legumes may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Race, socioeconomic status thought reasons behind lack of adherence to the recommendations.

As the youth population continues to experience an increased prevalence of obesity, the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescence is also on the rise, with roughly 45% of all new adolescent diagnoses consisting of T2D, where previously most cases of juvenile diabetes were type 1.

Estimates extrapolated from U.S. Census data suggest that by 2050, the rate of type 1 diabetes in youth will triple, and the rate of type 2 in the same population will quadruple. Along with this unsettling picture, the associated risk of diabetic retinopathy is expected to rise as well. Because DR can lead to blindness, early screening for DR remains important. Screening guidelines are established for TD1 patients, generally supporting retinal exam at 5-6 years from initial diagnosis, while recommending initial screening takes place coincident with diagnosis of T2D. Previous studies report that only 33% of youth with T1D and 50% with T2D obtained eye examinations according to guidelines. This may reflect concerns about younger age, diagnosis of T2D versus T1D, and shorter duration of diabetes in this population. Not surprising is that most studies have been done in adults, and very few of the youth studies looked at other demographic factors that may contribute to the lack of adherence to the guideline recommendations. In the recent issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, a study was presented looking at retinopathy screening rates in youth with diabetes.

Data from 5,453 youth with T1D and 7,233 with T2D were collected from a nationwide managed care network from January 2001 through December 2014. Inclusion criteria were uninterrupted enrollment in the medical plan for at least 3 years and at least 2 diagnoses of diabetes on separate dates. Children who had never filled a prescription for insulin or an oral hypoglycemic, and those with pre-existing diabetes (diagnosed prior to 12 months in the medical plan) were excluded. Those children whose data lacked socioeconomic information were also excluded. The primary outcome was documentation of an eye exam as defined by Current Procedural Terminology. Timing from initial diagnosis to initial eye exam in both T1D and T2D were compared using the log-rank test.

Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression were used to evaluate the effects of diabetes type and sociodemographic factors on the proportion of those screened.

In those with T1D, the median age at diagnosis was 11 year (interquartile range 8-15 years), while in T2D, the median was 19 years (IQR 16-22 years). The median time in the medical plan for both types was 2.1 years. In the T2D subset, most patients were female (83.5%). Of the T1D patients, 82.6% were white, 8.2% were black, 7.2% Latino, and 2% were Asian, while T2D patients were 69.9% white, 14.6% Latino, 12.8% black, and 2.8% Asian. Survival analysis showed that by 6 years after initial diagnosis, patients with T1D had a higher rate of eye examination than did those with T2D (HR 2.14; 95% CI 1.97-2.33). Whites and Asians had a higher rate of exam (54.7% and 57.3% respectively) than did blacks and Latinos (44.6% and 41.6%). Economic data showed the likelihood of an eye exam increased as household income increased (net worth $500,000 vs < $25,000, HR 1.50; 95% CI 1.34-1.68). Stratified for type of diabetes, analysis showed that type 2 patients were less likely to be examined the farther they were from initial diagnosis, whereas type 1 patients were unaffected. Considering race, utilizing the prevalence of white patients who were screened as the reference point, blacks and Latinos were less likely to be screened (11%, p=0.04 and 18%, p<0.001) respectively, whereas Asians were 9% (NS) more likely to be screened.

Overall, 64.9% of T1D and 42.2% of T2D youths had received an eye examination within six years of their initial diagnosis. This study is considered to be the first to account for race and socioeconomic factors in the youth population, and suggests that existing barriers to DR screening may include lack of understanding on the parts of both the patient and the provider, patient financial barriers such as lack of health insurance, non-acceptance of the diagnosis, and even an aversion to pupillary dilation. While the study was strong in the number of patients analyzed, and available of records to confirm performance of eye exams (versus relying on patients self-reporting), the algorithm used to determine presence of diabetes may have allowed inclusion of misclassified diagnoses, such as use of metformin for prediabetes or insulin resistance. This may have led to underestimating the time of onset to first eye exam, and overestimation of the numbers who were actually screened within 6 years. The general conclusion that youth with diabetes are considerably under-screened for retinopathy is supported, suggesting that practitioners revaluate their approach to screening in this population.

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Wang SY, Andrews CA, Gardner TW, Wood M, Singer K, Stein JD. Ophthalmic Screening Patterns Among Youths With Diabetes Enrolled in a Large US Managed Care Network. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017. Epub 2017/03/23. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.0089. PubMed PMID: 28334336.

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Learn how to safely manage your diabetes at one of LincolnHealths free, three-part Diabetes Education Class Series. The series of classes will be offered in Boothbay Harbor in May, in Waldoboro in June, and in Wiscasset in September. Those interested in participating in the May series are encouraged to register as soon as possible.

More than 2,000 individuals have been diagnosed with diabetes in Lincoln County. These sessions provide information and guidance on managing diabetes so that individuals with diabetes can be successful and feel confident in knowing what to do to feel better, have more energy, and reduce their risk of developing problems from diabetes such as heart attacks, strokes, or kidney failure, stated Marilyn Finch, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator. Classes will be taught by LincolnHealth nurse diabetes educators and dietitians.

Each class will discuss different topics so participants are encouraged to attend all three classes in the series. The first class is an introduction to diabetes, the disease process, treatment options, and medications. The second class covers topics like problems caused by diabetes, how to prevent those problems, and behavior change challenges. The third class is on nutrition, understanding how different foods affect blood glucose levels, how to read a food label and general meal management for safe diabetes care.

I found a further reason to exercise since going to the class and it has made a positive impact on my A1C level. Before the class, my A1C level was 8.3, and my first reading after the class was 7.5, explained Jim McGrath who attended a previous series. The class helps make sure you are doing what you are supposed to, he added.

People can take the classes in either May, June or September depending on which location and month works best for them. Classes in the May series will take place at the Boothbay Region YMCA on May 3 and 10 from 4-6 p.m. and on May 17 from 4-5:30 p.m. The June series will take place at the Waldoboro Broad Bay Congregational Church on June 7 and 14 from 4-6 p.m. and on June 21 from 4-5:30 p.m. The September series will take place at the St. Philips Church in Wiscasset on Sept. 6 and 13 from 4-6 p.m. and on Sept. 20 from 4-5:30 p.m.

These classes are intended for people diagnosed with diabetes who want to learn more about diabetes self-management and available resources. No physician referral is needed. Spouses, family members or support people are welcome to attend, but only one additional guest is preferred.

For more information or to reserve your spot, please contact Marilyn Finch, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, at (207) 563-4442. Space is limited.

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By Will Boggs MD

(Reuters Health) - For people with type 2 diabetes, maintaining good blood sugar control in the years after receiving a coronary artery stent is associated with a lower risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a recent study.

Although intensive glucose control had no benefit on the rate of major cardiovascular events in previous studies, our data suggest that strict glucose control after PCI (heart catheterization) can improve long-term clinical outcomes in diabetic patients, Dr. Joo-Yong Hahn from Samsung Medical Center in Seoul told Reuters Health.

Heart disease is the major cause of death among people with type 2 diabetes, Hahns team writes in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. Although intensive blood sugar control is known to reduce damage to tiny blood vessels that are involved in many of the nerve and circulatory effects of diabetes, its not clear if the same is true for major arteries such as the ones that carry blood to the heart.

The researchers studied 980 patients with type 2 diabetes who had undergone percutaneous cardiac intervention (PCI) to clear a blocked coronary artery and place a supportive mesh tube known as a stent. Hahns team followed the patients health for up to seven years.

They looked at long-term blood sugar control using a measurement known as hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or A1C), and used it to compare the patients risks of death, heart attack, repeat catheterizations and stroke over the study period.

The researchers defined good control as an A1C score below 7.0 and poor control as A1C of 7.0 or higher. Then they matched patients according to other risk factors and ended up with 322 pairs of patients for comparison.

In the overall group of 980 patients, the risk of all bad outcomes was 25 percent lower with good blood glucose control than with poor blood glucose control.

In the matched comparison, some 37 percent of patients with poor control had bad outcomes (heart attack, stroke, and so on) over the next seven years, versus less than 28 percent of patients with good control. Most of the difference in bad outcomes between the groups resulted from a higher rate of repeat stenting in the group with poor blood glucose control.

PCI is not the end of treatment for coronary artery disease, Hahn said by email. Optimal medical treatment, including glycemic control, is a cornerstone therapy after PCI, he said.

The effects of glucose control in type 2 diabetes may differ according to patient characteristics, such as recent cardiovascular events, baseline glycemic control status and duration of diabetes, Hahn added.

The researchers write that more study is needed before they can conclude strict glucose control after stenting will improve long-term clinical outcomes in people with diabetes.

Its important to underscore the message of good glycemic control, said Dr. Azfar G. Zaman from Newcastle University in the UK. He was not involved in the study but has done similar research. In patients with PCI there is evidence to support better outcomes and need for fewer interventions, Zaman said by email.

This is a single center study with limited numbers, but the findings support data from other studies, he noted.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/2pjU0al Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, online April 3, 2017.

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by Delaine Mathieu, News 4 San Antonio

Good 4 You: Mental fitness for diabetes

There's a unique new therapy group in San Antonio designed to help people living with diabetes cope with the disease. It's called Mental Fitness for Diabetes. The goal of the program is to help treat mental side-effects that come along with diabetes. "I remember when I was diagnosed with diabetes," said Sarah Villegas. "March 31 for 2016. So, it's been a year."

The 71-year-old registered nurse was completely surprised when she was diagnosed with type two diabetes. "When the doctor came in and showed me my lab results," she explained. "I looked at the paper and I said, are you kidding me?"

Villegas lost seventeen pounds and got her condition under control. When she heard about this new mental fitness group, she was pleasantly surprised. "Never in my 49 years as a registered nurse -- to combine diabetes, a major chronic illness with a major mental health illness, which is chronic, and put them together -- that is an awesome concept," she said.

Valerie Moczgemba, with Alamo Wellness Group, will be running the sessions. "A lot of times, people who have been diagnosed with diabetes experience depression anxiety," she said. "There also may be anger or irritability. She said they'll be focusing on disease management and how mental health symptoms play into disease management.

Villegas says it's high time a treatment like this is made available for people with diabetes. "It cannot be ignored," she said. "We need to address their physical health issues as well as the mental issues. They both go hand-in-hand."

April 30th is the last day to register. If you're interested in signing up, go to alamowellnessgroup.com.

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CARSON CITY Patients and family members of those who suffer from diabetes shared stories of struggle and heartbreak Wednesday and urged support for a bill to rein in the escalating costs of diabetes medication.

Bonnie Sedich knows the pain all too well. Four of her five children were diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. There was no family history. Two children died when in adulthood. Two others live with the disease.

One son, Jeffrey, was diagnosed at age 3. His body was found in a rural California region in 1981, a bottle of insulin by his side. He died at 19.

Another daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed when she was 8. She died in November at 51 of complications from the disease. Over the years, the cost of her drugs skyrocketed from about $10 a bottle to more than $300. Toward the end, she was paying more than $2,100 a month if she could afford it, Sedich said.

If you cant afford your diabetes medications then you just suffer and die, Sedich said.

She and others spoke at a press conference to urge support for Senate Bill 265. Sponsored by state Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, the bill would establish a list of insulin-related diabetic products to be treated as essential medications. It also would create a refund when insulin costs exceed the medical consumer price index.

The bill would require drug makers to divulge how prices are set, including the cost of medications, as well as amounts spent on marketing and research. It would set registration and reporting requirements on pharmaceutical sales representatives.

Diabetes is a serious disease that affects people for a lifetime, Cancela said. Medical costs are twice as high for people with diabetes.

Deadly and common

Diabetes is the eighth-leading cause of death in Nevada, where 12.4 percent of adults have the disease and 38 percent are pre-diabetic, she said.

Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, is one of those who have been determined to be pre-diabetic. He said he received he diagnosis about a year ago.

Diabetes has become one of the largest public health crises in our time, and the medication to treat this disease must be affordable and accessible, he said. In this time of crisis, we have to come together.

Keyonna Lawrence said she was diagnosed as diabetic three years ago. A personal care assistant, she tries to control the disease through diet, and she stretches mediations when she can afford it by taking a half-dose.

My biggest fear is my 11-year-old son is going to wake up, say, Mom? and Moms as cold as ice, Lawrence said.

SB265 was granted an exemption and waiver from deadlines and remains pending in the Senate.

Contact Sandra Chereb at schereb@reviewjournal.com or 775-461-3821. Follow @SandraChereb on Twitter.

Sen. Yvanna Cancela, sponsor of Senate Bill 265, said diabetes care cost Nevadans about $2.4 billiion annually in medical costs.

Over the last 20 years, vials of the most commonn insulin products have gone from $17 to $138; and $21 to $255.

According to the American Diabetes Association, 281,355 people in Nevada, or 12.4 percent of the adult population, have diabetes. Another 787,000, or 38.5 percent of the adult population are pre-diabetic with blood glucose levels higher than normal.

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by Zack Hedrick, Fox San Antonio

Researchers discover technique that could lead to diabetes cure

SAN ANTONIO Doctors in San Antonio have made a breakthrough discovery which could mean a potential cure for people with diabetes.

Tom Mathieu is a fanatical bike rider.

He believes he's pedaled more than 20,000 miles since he began riding in his early thirties.

He started riding because of a condition he was diagnosed with as a teenager.

Doctors told me it'd be a miracle that you see 60," said Mathieu.

Mathieu is a type 1 diabetic and his doctors tell him his body produces zero insulin.

He and his doctors believe his bike riding has helped keep his diabetes in check.

Well I'm 73 and I've had [diabetes] since I was 14," said Mathieu.

Researchers at UT Health San Antonio have discovered a strategy that could mean a cure.

It's a game changer, said Dr. Bruno Doiron. It change drastically the life of a patient that's diabetic."

Using a technique called gene transfer, doctors can alter other cells so they start to secrete insulin but only in response to sugar.

"Im using already what's naturally in your body," said Dr. Doiron.

The University Health System says diabetes is the 4th leading cause of death in Bexar County.

Mathieu calls the potential therapy revolutionary.

He says diabetes is a condition that requires discipline, but says this discovery would give a lot of freedom back to people dealing with diabetes.

People won't be burdened by what diabetes causes and then the cost of those causes, said Mathieu. I think it's miraculous."

Doctors say the therapy has cured diabetes in mice for one year without any side effects, which has never been done.

The goal is to conduct large-animal studies and human clinical trials in the next three to five years.

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By Alan Mozes

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WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- People with type 1 diabetes face the risk of developing a disease that can cause blindness, so treatment guidelines have long called for annual eye exams.

But new research suggests this one-size-fits-all advice is costly and ineffective, because people with a low risk may need less-frequent screenings while people at high risk may need to be seen more often.

Diabetic retinopathy can damage the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye and trigger full vision loss, the researchers explained. Screening can catch this disease before irreparable damage is done, but not every person with diabetes faces the same risk.

"For example, patients with no or minimal eye changes and good blood sugar levels might not need their next examination for another four years," said study author Dr. David Nathan.

"On the other hand, if the patient already has developing eye disease and their blood sugar control has not been in the recommended range, they might need a repeat examination in as soon as three months," he added.

Nathan is the director of the Diabetes Center and Clinical Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.

Current guidelines suggest getting an annual eye screening within three to five years of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. People with type 1 diabetes cannot produce any insulin.

To assess that advice, the investigators focused on type 1 diabetics (aged 13 to 39) who had enrolled in a large, national diabetes trial between 1983 and 1989.

The latest analysis involved 24,000 eye exams conducted over 30 years among roughly 1,400 people with type 1 diabetes.

Retinal photographs were taken every six months until 1993, and then -- in a follow-up study -- once every four years until 2012. The study participants' vision, advanced retinopathy status and general diabetes history were tracked for an average of nearly 29 years.

The researchers determined that those participants who had an average blood sugar level of 6 percent, but no signs of retinopathy, could forgo the annual screening in favor of just one exam every four years. Similar people with mild retinopathy should be screened once every three years, the team concluded.

By contrast, those with severe or moderate retinopathy would do well to get screened every three to six months, respectively, the study authors reported.

People with higher blood sugar levels (8 to 10 percent) might also need to be screened more often, the researchers cautioned.

On average, the new recommendations for people with type 1 diabetes would likely cut the need for eye exams in half over a two-decade period. That would translate into an overall savings of $1 billion, while ensuring that those facing the highest risk got more timely treatment, the researchers said.

The findings were published in the April 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Nathan described the results as "definitive." However, he said the jury is still out as to "whether the individualized frequency of eye examinations will be implemented by physicians" and followed by people with type 1 diabetes.

"The risk is that physicians may find it easier to schedule an annual eye examination compared with the new individualized schedule, which may be more difficult for physicians and patients to remember," he acknowledged.

"However, most physicians and ophthalmology offices use computer programs -- including reminder programs -- for scheduling, so we think that this potential barrier should not be a substantial obstacle," Nathan added.

Courtney Cochran, senior manager of media relations for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), noted that the ADA issued updated guidelines for retinopathy screenings in February.

The new recommendations now state that people with type 1 diabetes should start annual screenings within five years of their diabetes diagnosis. But those who remain free of retinopathy for a year or two may "consider" the option of less-frequent exams.

However, the ADA also said that if and when "any level" of retinopathy is detected, annual screenings are a must, while those with progressing retinopathy will require even more frequent screenings.

Dr. Jamie Rosenberg, who wrote an editorial that accompanied the study, suggested the new recommendations reflect "a trend toward reducing unnecessary screening for eye diseases."

"The upside to this new screening protocol would be significant money saved for the health care system, in addition to time saved for both patients and doctors," said Rosenberg, who is an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology and visual sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City.

Individualized schedules will make tracking patients more difficult, Rosenberg agreed. But, "this new screening protocol has great potential if adherence to the examination schedule could be assured."

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SOURCES: David Nathan, M.D., director, Diabetes Center and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and professor, medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Jamie Rosenberg, M.D., associate professor, clinical ophthalmology & visual sciences, and associate professor, clinical pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and attending physician, Montefiore Health System, New York City; Courtney Cochran, senior manager, media relations, American Diabetes Association; April 20, 2017, New England Journal of Medicine

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On Thursday, Lodis Day 2 Day Diabetes Support Group will host a panel of experts on the illness, and the public is invited to attend.

Our support group is being flooded with question after question by the increasing number of people being recently diagnosed with diabetes, group founder Duane Simpfenderfer Sr. said. These type of question and answer sessions provide us with the best way to help people.

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Day 2 Day Diabetes Support Group to meet with experts on the illness - Lodi News-Sentinel