Diabetic Hispanics Missing Out on Eye Exams

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Perhaps most troubling, almost half of those who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes more than a year prior and 79 percent of those newly diagnosed had never had a dilated eye exam, which can detect problems before it's too late.

Only 30 percent of respondents with diabetes had undergone an eye exam in the past year, compared with 70 percent to 75 percent of Hispanics nationally.

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There's more on diabetes among Hispanics at the National Diabetes Education Program.

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-- HealthDay staff