Diabetes Treatment, Prevention on Eastern Standard

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Published October 11, 2015 at 6:00 PM EDT

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and other HEALTH complications in the U.S. and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. On this week’s show, we’ll discuss the growing epidemic, and how we can reverse this trend.

Send us your questions or comments before the show to wekueasternstandard@gmail.com, leave a voice message at 859-622-1657 or call in when you tune in for Eastern Standard. Thursday morning at 11:00.

If you would like information on the book: The Great Diabetes Epidemic, you can visit the link here. http://www.butlerbooks.com/greatdiabetesepidemic.html

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