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Spanish-language diabetes education video aimed at Latinos with diabetes. In segment 4, “Vigilando mis valores” (“Watching my levels”), diabetics discuss the importance of monitoring blood glucose levels using a meter. Background “Viva mas y major con su diabetes bajo control!” Live longer and better with your diabetes under control! It’s the title and focus of a new video produced by the Emory Latino Diabetes Education Program (ELDEP) aimed at empowering patients to live their healthiest by controlling their diabetes. The video, which took two years to complete, is the brainchild of Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, professor of medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism at Emory University School of Medicine, and chief of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Grady Memorial Hospital. “In places where diabetes education in Spanish is unavailable, this tool will provide patients living with diabetes with critically important information about diabetes self-management,” says Umpierrez. To obtain copies of the “Viva mas y major… con su diabetes bajo control!” DVD or for more information on the Emory Latino Diabetes Education Program, call (US) 404-778-1697. Related Information “New Video Empowers Latino Diabetes Patients” (News Release, 4/24/09) www.emory.edu

Maintaining good blood glucose levels can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore in the US studied more than 11000 adults who did not have a history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease Fasting glucose and HbA1c levels were measured after 14 yeas to determine risk. The results published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed HbA1c levels were a strong predictor of diabetes, heart disease and stroke risk. Those with HbA1c levels around six per cent were almost twice as likely to have diabetes, a 23 per cent increased risk of coronary heart disease and a 17 per cent increased risk of stroke. Those over 6.5 per cent were more than 16 times more likely to have diabetes, and had almost double the risk of coronary heart disease and triple the risk of stroke. The researchers note that while the new American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommendations specify an HbA1c of 6.5 per cent or greater be used to diagnose diabetes, anyone with an HbA1c between 5.7 and 6.5 per cent should be targeted for lifestyle intervention and should be screened for cardiovascular risk factors. If you would like advice about your diabetes management, please contact us on 1300 136 588.