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War on diabetes: An inside look
Screening vital to detect silent killer
Early detection can lead to early treatment, ensure complications are avoided: Doctor
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Medical lab technologist Su Jun Qiang, 27, verifying a glucose test result at the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory under Singapore General Hospital's Department of Clinical Pathology.
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Felicia Choo
If you feel fatigued or have excessive thirst and urination, it could be a sign that you have diabetes.
More often than not, however, the symptoms may not be obvious - such as weight loss, blurred vision, frequent infections and slow-healing wounds - which is why diabetes is also known as the silent killer.
