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Type-2 diabetes on rise in UAE
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, December 13 - 2009 at 11:08
Health experts have warned that the rate of type-2 diabetes amongst pregnant women in the UAE is on the rise, The National has reported. Despite the lack of national statistics on the problem, experts estimate that more than 10% of pregnant women in the country are affected by diabetes. "Women in the UAE are usually aware of the risks of diabetes during pregnancy but do not do enough to control it. So there is an urgent need for more multi-disciplinary foetal diabetic clinics in the UAE," Dr. Hisham Mirghani, acting chief of foetal medicine at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain said.
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