Diabetes affects about the same number of women and men, but it affects them differently.

According to the Office on Women’s Health, women with diabetes have:

• A higher risk of developing heart disease, the most common complication of diabetes.
• Lower survival rate and a poorer quality of life after heart attack.
• An increased risk of blindness.
• A higher risk of depression.

Source: HealthDay

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