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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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A landmark study shows that people with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes can retard complications in the eyes, kidneys, and nervous system by injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar more frequently.
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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.
At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.
A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.
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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.
At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.
A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.