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Health: Prevention battles disease and care costs

seattlepi.com

For six consecutive Monday nights in late winter 2009, Seattle resident Annie Wilson immersed herself in learning how to manage her chronic disease—for the first time since being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes nearly a decade ago.

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Tags: Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Disease and Condition

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