Broader Screening Guidelines for Diabetes Urged by Diabetes Advocacy Groups

U.S. Newswire › January 10, 2012

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Supported by Health Affairs Report: "The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Should Consider a Broader Evidence Base in Updating Its Diabetes Screening Guidelines"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America cannot stop the growing wave of type 2 diabetes--and its complications and costs--unless the recommendations for screening are broad enough to identify patients who are at risk for the disease. Screening people at high risk for diabetes can identify those with prediabetes, who can be referred to low-cost, community- based diabetes prevention programs. Screening can also identify those who have diabetes but do not know it, and get them into treatment as early as possible.

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Broader Screening Guidelines for Diabetes Urged by Diabetes Advocacy Groups

Those were the views expressed today by the Diabetes Advocacy Alliance(TM) (DAA) --a diverse coalition of 18 organizations that has come together to change how the nation approaches the health and economic burdens posed by diabetes--in welcoming the January 2012 issue of the policy journal Health Affairs foc...

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