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Diabetes and Heart Disease

The Connection Between Diabetes and Heart Disease

When we think of health issues related to diabetes, we tend to think of complications that we can see, like blindness or limb amputation. But there is also a silent and deadly complication that we need to be aware of – heart disease.
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