PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):— The 2019 theme for World Diabetes Day (WDD) on November 14 is ‘Family and Diabetes.’
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.
Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar. Hyperglycaemia, or raised blood sugar, is a common effect of uncontrolled diabetes and over time leads to serious damage to many of the body’s systems, especially the nerves and blood vessels, which can lead to heart attack, blindness, kidney failure and
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