Common Diabetes Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Jorge Moreno, MD, assistant professor of medicine; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD, chief of endocrinology; director, Diabetes Treatment Center, Howard University Hospital; associate professor, Howard University, Washington, DC.

Zeb I. Saeed, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

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American Heart Association: “Eating Healthy on a Budget.”

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