The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a national Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative to encourage diabetic veterans receiving VA care to seek support to lower the risk of hypoglycemia.

The new initiative will enable veterans living with diabetes to work more closely with their VA clinicians to personalize health care goals and improve self-management of the disease.

Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases among older Americans, with one in four veterans suffering from the disease, according to the VA.

For more information about VA health care, visit www.va.gov/health