Diabetes and Your Heart

November 20, 2014

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Diabetes Heart Conditions and Treatments

November is American Diabetes Month. Did you know:

Heart disease and stroke is the number one cause of death in people living with type 2 diabetes.
Females with diabetes have a greater risk of mortality than males with diabetes.
The American Heart Association lists diabetes as one of seven major controllable risk factors of heart disease.

Know your risk for diabetes and take action. Share this infographic with your family and friends, and help a loved one today:

diabetes and heart

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The Penn Heart and Vascular blog provides the latest information on heart disease prevention, nutrition and breakthroughs in cardiovascular care.