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

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?' were presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego...

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