Many people with diabetes do not know or heed dangers of hot weather

June 19, 2010

By hammersmith

[Source: ScienceDaily] – A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their “heat awareness,” or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness.

The results of “Diabetes in the Desert: What Do Patients Know About the Heat?” are being presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

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