amputations
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Sixty to eighty per cent of all non-traumatic amputations have to be performed due to complications caused by diabetes.
Cancer diagnosis tied to increased risk of diabetes
Cancer therapies such as steroids, and many chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimes can increase glucose (or blood sugar) levels.
Blood test may predict who is most at risk for diabetes
“Many employees with diabetes are not diagnosed and do not get treatment,” Kivimaki, who wasn’t involved in the study.
'Frequent tracking may improve blood sugar conditions in diabetics'
The condition may also lead to heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, amputations.
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