Program may help diabetics head off low blood sugar

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Program may help diabetics head off low blood sugar

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/program-may-help-diabetics-head-off-low-blood-185650427.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QJ6l8mVH2m0BmzFeAQ4o2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-14T185650Z_1_CBREA0D1GNO00_RTROPTP_2_BULGARIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Patient takes a blood glucose test during event aimed to help people with diabetes to cope with their illness at Saint Luka diagnostics medical center in Sofia" align="left" title="Patient takes a blood glucose test during event aimed to help people with diabetes to cope with their illness at Saint Luka diagnostics medical center in Sofia" border="0" /></a>By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A six-week behavior-modification program helped people with diabetes overcome anxieties and prevent plunging blood sugar in a small UK study. Dr. Stephanie Amiel of King's College London and her colleagues evaluated a program specifically for people with type 1 diabetes who had difficulty recognizing episodes of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, despite having undergone training in how to adjust their insulin use. People with type 1 diabetes who need insulin to survive are at risk of hypoglycemia, but this can be a problem in patients with type 2 diabetes too, especially if they use insulin or a sulfonylurea drug, according to Dr. Jane Chiang, of the American Diabetes Association.</p><br clear="all"/>

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