Tuesday, January 12, 2010

NEW Diabetes Guidelines!

The day you have been waiting for is HERE! The American Diabetes Association has released updated guidelines for the diagnosis of Diabetes and they finally include an HbA1C. The cut point for the diagnosis of diabetes is 6.5% or higher. They have not changed the goal HbA1C which remains less than 7%.

For the full set of guidelines see:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/Supplement_1

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