Ontario has declared war on diabetes, a disease that affects more than two million Canadians.
The province is spending $741 million over the next four years to help doctors and patients manage the disease and increase awareness for those at risk of getting it.
First, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will launch a diabetes registry in spring 2009 that will let health care providers check patient records and diagnostic information online and send alerts to patients.
The registry will also tell patients what they need to know about the disease.
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I think serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure, retinal damage. Adequate treatment of diabetes is thus important, as well as blood pressure control and lifestyle factors such as smoking cessation and maintaining a healthy body weight.
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