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Preventive care practices for eyes, kidneys, and feet

• Detecting and treating diabetic eye disease with laser therapy can reduce the development of severe vision loss by an estimated 50 to 60 percent.
• Comprehensive foot care programs can reduce amputation rates by 45 to 85 percent.
• Detecting and treating early diabetic kidney disease by lowering blood pressure can reduce the decline in kidney function by 30 to 70 percent. Treatment with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are more effective in reducing the decline in kidney function than other blood pressure-lowering drugs.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/index.htm