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Tue 01 Jan 2009VHI behind new sugar screen
IT IS CURRENTLY estimated that about 200,000 Irish people have type 2 diabetes, an illness which is preventable, yet has no cure and another 100,000 are at risk of getting it, writes Ronan McGreevy
Moreover, only half of those who have type 2 diabetes know they have the disease as it can manifest itself in symptoms which do not appear to be related to it such as heart conditions and bad circulation.
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