Diabetes 101: Causes, symptoms and treatment
Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose. It affects about 12% of the U.S. population, including 11 million adults who don’t know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
If you don’t treat it, diabetes can lead to major health issues over time, like heart disease, nerve damage, kidney disease and eye damage/retinopathy. Diabetes also puts...
