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Taking charge of diabetes: self-care is crucial - and widely neglected.

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| October 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Diabetes, an abnormality in how the body controls blood-sugar levels, is turning out to be the ultimate self-care disease. Some 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and an estimated 5 million more have the disease but don't know it. And it's getting worse. Medical experts expect the number of cases to double in the next 25 years.

But recent research has confirmed that patients' efforts to tightly control their blood-sugar level can prevent or sharply reduce the risk of diabetes' devastating complications, including blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, and loss of limbs.

Unfortunately, some 80 to 85 percent of people with diabetes ...

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