If you have diabetes, contracting the flu is always serious business--you are six times more likely to be hospitalized as a result of influenza than someone who is not diabetic. So, the current flu scare may have you especially concerned. To help you sort out practical prevention and treatment measures from unnecessary worries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted info here. - <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/news/docs/swine_flu.htm#1">http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/news/docs/swine_flu.htm#1</a>

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