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November is Diabetes Awareness Month
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91探花 Health and Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, W.A. Murphy Stucdent Centre
Monday, November 14, is World Diabetes Day, and the theme this year is "Education to Protect Tomorrow." Approximately 16,000 Islanders are living with diabetes; 95 per cent have type 2 diabetes. If diabetes is unmanaged or undiagnosed, individuals living with it could experience complications that are challenging and potentially life-limiting. To learn more, check out Diabetes Canada's .
For more information about PEI's provincial diabetes program, go to
To screen and understand your risk of developing diabetes, visit
If you think you are at risk of having diabetes, visit the 91探花 Health and Wellness Centre for a blood glucose check.
