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"Webeganwithdiabetesisnota bigproblem intheAsiancommunity" tonowthinking"simplybeing Asianisariskfactor,"said Dr.EdwardChow,aninternistwho hasworkedinSanFrancisco's Chinatownsincethe1970s.
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