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• Diabetes Ireland warning people with diabetes to check their feet daily to detect problems early as diabetes related amputations continue to rise in 2016 to a 3 year high

    63% of all lower limb amputations diabetes related 2,820 people with diabetes hospitalised for foot ulcer treatment or limb loss in 2016 Little or no access to HSE foot screening service      People with diabetes have special reason to take good care of their feet. Long term high blood glucose levels may make... View Article

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• Bogus Charity Fundraisers

  19 September 2017 Diabetes Ireland has received reports from members of the general public regarding a number of young people undertaking on-street collecting in the Smithfield  and Dorset Street areas of Dublin around the time of the All Ireland Football Final last Sunday. These people were not representatives of Diabetes Ireland nor were they authorised... View Article

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• Diabetes Ireland, Age Action, Asthma Society of Ireland and Croí unite to raise awareness of pneumo #KnowPneumo

  More than half a million people in Ireland age 65 and older may be at risk of pneumococcal disease   18 September 2017 More than 510,000 people age 65 and older in Ireland may be at risk Of those who contract the disease, 1 in 4 will develop meningitis, 1 in 4 will develop pneumonia,... View Article

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