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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The burden of diabetes in
rural communities points to a need for strategies to improve
diabetes care in these areas, according to an article published
in the Jan. 1 issue of Clinical Diabetes. Cynthia N. Massey, of
the Birmingham Heart Clinic in Alabama, and colleagues write
that rural areas have a roughly 17-percent higher prevalence
rate of diabetes than urban areas. Issues affecting diabetes
control in rural areas include poverty, scarce diabetes
education resources, and obesity. The authors discuss several
strategies that could be useful in improving diabetes management
in rural areas. Studies on telemedicine have been associated
with better self-management behaviors and reduced blood glucose.
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