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  • Diabetes PHD

    On the American Diabetes Association website, this is simply the best health risk assessment around. You need to gather some information and put aside about a half hour, but it is well worth the time.
    • Diabetes PHD
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    This tool was developed at Harvard. You can determine your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the US (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke) and get personalized tips for preventing them. 
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      Available in English and Spanish
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    Risk calculators based on equations from the Framingham Heart Study tend to underestimate risks for people with diabetes as this study included relatively few diabetic subjects. The UKPDS Risk Engine is a type 2 diabetes specific risk calculator based on 
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