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Sun Life Diabetes Prevention and Remission Clinic: 882 patients on the road to recovery in the past 4 years
Sun Life Diabetes Prevention and Remission Clinic: 882 patients on the road to recovery in the pa...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Sun Life Diabetes Prevention and Remission Clinic: 882 patients on the road to recovery in the past 4 years\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Sun Life announces an additional donation of\n \n $450,000\n \n \n \n \n \n \n MONTREAL\n \n \n ,\n \n \n March 22, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Since opening its doors in 2019, the Sun Life Diabetes Prevention and Remission Clinic has helped patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes make remarkable improvements to their health. Sun Life is announcing its renewed commitment to the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation with an additional\n \n $450,000\n \n donation over three years.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Focusing on healthy lifestyle habits, the Clinic's goals are early detection of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, halting disease progression, and improving patients' metabolic health until they achieve remission. The Clinic's multidisciplinary program is unique in\n \n Canada\n \n and is supported by a team of medical staff that includes physicians, nurses, nutritionists, and kinesiologists.\n \n \n \n Positive results\n \n \n \n Over the past four years, the Clinic has treated 882 patients, with remarkable results. By the end of the 12-month program, all patients' body measurements and insulin sensitivity had improved. These results have been acknowledged by the European Society of Cardiology and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology.\n \n \n Patients have taken part in more than 40,000 fitness sessions with a cardio-metabolic health professional, and the Clinic continues to expand its services. Patients now have access to virtual visits, more frequent follow-ups with specialist nurse practitioners, and behavioural therapy sessions to help them stay on track with the program.\n \n \n \"Since 2012, Sun Life has committed over\n \n $46 million\n \n to combat diabetes, both in\n \n Canada\n \n and around the world. We feel that awareness and prevention, focused on a healthy lifestyle, are key,\" said\n \n Jacques Goulet...