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Diabetes: patient introduction

Watch Kirstie introduce Shirley Park, a mildly overweight patient with Type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately for Shirley, diet and exercise have not helped.

Watch Kirstie introduce Shirley Park, a mildly overweight patient with Type 2 diabetes.

Unfortunately for Shirley, diet and exercise have not helped her lose weight or control her diabetes. She has now started a treatment of gliclazide.

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