Hypoglycemia isn’t a laughing matter for those of us with diabetes, but a new awareness campaign is trying to put the “Ha!” into low blood sugar recognition and treatment.Ha!, as in the new org named Hypoglycemia Awareness.The five-month-old nonpr…
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