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Video Q & A : Dr Chris answers a question from Bill in Southampton about diabetes.
HINT: You may have to click it twice to make it play. To link to this page, or put the video on your web site, please see the end of the page.Diabetes is a condition where the body is unable to control the levels of sugar in the blood. Hence, abnormally high levels of sugar can develop in the bloodstream, with potentially serious consequences if left untreated. `Diabetes Mellitus' to give it it's full medical name, is actually quite common, affecting more than 600,000 people in the UK, of whom over 30,000 are children!
For more details, please see Dr Chris Steel's guide to diabetes.
This content was created on Sat 10 February 2007
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