By Eileen Buckley
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Buffalo, NY – US Senator Charles Schumer is concerned about a big spike in diabetes cases across Western New York.
Schumer appeared at Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo yesterday to unveiled a landmark piece of legislation to expand screening and early treatment.
Schumer says diabetes is a serious problem in Western New York and across the nation. He even believes it is fair to call it a "crisis". In Western New York alone there are 90,000 cases of diabetes.
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