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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Miriam Stoppard

'Higher risk of sight loss for African-Caribbean people with diabetes is a big concern'

The number of health conditions ­experienced by people living in Britain covers a wide spectrum because more diseases have come ashore as other nations have made the UK their home.

Now it’s our responsibility to see if there’s a variation in the form diseases take in ­different groups.

For instance, African-Caribbean people with type 1 diabetes are at a greater risk of developing sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy, which if untreated, can lead to blindness.

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