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How can you avoid diabetes-related complications?

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How can you avoid diabetes-related complications?

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About 30 million Americans have diabetes, but complications are declining. Neurologist Sanjay Gupta, MD and endocrinologist Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD discuss complications, like blindness and kidney failure.

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