Prediabetes Raises Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke

Getting diagnosed with prediabetes—which means your blood sugar level is higher than normal—is a serious wake-up call. Without intervention, prediabetes often leads to type 2 diabetes and puts you at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. But this diagnosis doesn’t mean that you will definitely develop diabetes. There’s still time to turn things around.

Come hear family medicine physician Dr. Zara Frankel describe how prediabetes is diagnosed and practical steps you can take to help ward off type 2 diabetes.

Speaker

Zara Frankel, MD, with Boulder Creek Family Medicine

Date

Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Location

Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Avenue

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