Diabetes Awareness

We are halfway through Eye Health month and quickly approaching Diabetes Awareness month. There is a diabetes risk assessment test available at http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp on the American Diabetes Association website.

Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness in North America. There is a simulation of vision affected by diabetic retinopathy here. Diabetes affects the blood vessels in the retina causing them to leak. There is a good synopsis of the process here.

Please take the risk assessment test and forward it to your friends and family members who may be in danger of developing diabetes.

Dr. Glen J. Chiasson
416-621-3333