(BPT) - Understanding your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, or getting an early diagnosis, is critical to successful treatment and delaying or preventing some of its complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, amputation and death.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013, is American Diabetes Association Alert Day(R) which is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to “Take It. Share It.” by taking the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and sharing the test with their loved ones.
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