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Related Links: Diabetes

The Institute for Good Medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical Society recommends the following websites for additional information on diabetes:

  • The Diabetes Epidemic: An Inside View
    Approximately 762,000 Pennsylvania adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and the number keeps climbing. Member physician Wilfred Victorina, MD, FACE, discusses the influence of lifestyle.

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