Friday, June 20, 2008

MDs call for diabetes strategy as prevalence skyrockets

The prevalence of diabetes in Canada has rocketed beyond all expectations, a national policy summit on the impact of diabetes complications heard yesterday.
"We have already blown out the estimates," Dr. Stewart Harris, a University of Western Ontario medical professor, told the conference, which attracted about 150 doctors and other health professionals and representatives from health and aboriginal organizations to Ottawa.

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