ALEXANDRIA, VA, Oct 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Adults
age 65 and older are more likely to have diabetes than any other
age group, but researchers and clinicians have the least amount
of data regarding how best to treat this population, a consensus
report published jointly by the American Diabetes Association
and American Geriatrics Society concludes. The report, written
by a Consensus Panel of diabetes experts from multiple
disciplines, will be published simultaneously online Oct. 25 in
Diabetes Care and in the Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society. The report outlines what diabetes experts know about
older adults with diabetes, how the disease affects them
differently than younger adults, what can be done to prevent or
treat it and how best to fill the critical gaps in evidence to
better address their needs. "With our nation's aging population,
it becomes increasingly important for us to understand how
diabetes is impacting older adults," said Geralyn Spollett, MSN,
ANP-CS, CDE, President, Heal