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  • Preventing and Managing Diabetes Through Education and Support

    IDA REIGHARD RN, Intermountain Health - St James Hospital|Dec 17, 2025

    If you are living with diabetes, you are in the company of a multitude of others. Nine percent of adults in Montana are diagnosed with diabetes, and even more of our fellow Montanans, 34 percent, are thought to have pre-diabetes. Receiving a diabetes, or prediabetes diagnosis, does not necessarily mean that you have been given the knowledge or tools to manage this new condition. The number of Montanans with diabetes who have taken part in a diabetes education program is less than 50 percent. Of those with prediabetes, few have taken part in...