Diabetes which helps a physician manage a patient’s diabetes reduces the likelihood More information on diabetes, and other diseases transformed by lab …
The Results for Life Campaign has just released informational brochures documenting the positive impact lab testing has had on numerous diseases From detecting, monitoring and managing diseases to virtually eliminating some, lab testing has transformed millions of Americans lives Lab Tests for Diabetes: Saving Lives and Saving Money Lab testing has transformed a deadly disease into a manageable one Diabetes which can lead to amputation, heart disease, stroke, and blindness is now considered a chronic disease that can be prevented, controlled, and managed thanks to laboratory testing With the help of timely lab testing, patients can maintain normal blood sugar levels and gain, on average:
Five more years of life Eight more years of eyesight; and Six more years of freedom from kidney disease
Physicians frequently use blood glucose tests, insulin tests, and urine tests to detect the disease The information from these tests not only identifies the disease itself, but is critical to prescribing life changes and medications that fit the patients exact condition Further testing including hemoglobin A1c tests, cholesterol tests, kidney tests, and liver tests–all help to further
monitor and manage the disease Early detection and management of diabetes also mean cost savings A 13 hemoglobin A1c blood test which helps a physician manage a patients diabetes reduces the likelihood of heart attack which costs about 28,000 per patient, peripheral artery disease about 6,000 per patient per year, and kidney dialysis which costs upwards of 50,000 per year More information on diabetes, and other diseases transformed by lab testing, can be found at: wwwlabresultsforlifeorg For more information on the value of laboratory testing and the Results for Life Campaign contact Robin Strongin at 202-263-2917 or robinstrongin@polidaiscom
