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War on diabetes: An inside look
War on diabetes: It pays to keep your SweetHeart in mind
The better diabetes is managed, the lower the risks of heart issues in the future
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The Renal Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolism Centre at Singapore General Hospital. In Singapore, about half of the patients who had a heart attack between 2007 and 2016 had diabetes, according to the Singapore Myocardial Infarction Registry, a registry of all the heart attacks reported here.
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Diabetes itself may not kill you but the complications associated with it - particularly heart disease - may.
This is why a nationwide movement was launched last week to encourage people with diabetes to know their risks and speak to their doctors about managing those risks.
