DUBAI - Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face. In some cases it can cause severe vision loss or even blindness.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) ? Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of premature death in America. In Kalamazoo, an estimated 22,000 people have diabetes and many of them are unable to get the treatment they desperately need.

A "tsunami" of diabetes among Asians is about to hit an unprepared Canterbury health system, an ethnic health expert says.

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"Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the age-old oral glucose tolerance test to the newer hemoglobin A1c test confirms earlier evidence that race may influence test results, Danish researchers report."