Diabetes is a leading cause of blindess. Diabetics are twenty-five times more prone to blindness. Diabetes decreases life expectancy by approximately one-third. Fifty percent of diabetics don't know they have the disease. Insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetics are subject to the same devastating complications.
Women are most likely than men to have diabetes.
The chances of developing diabetes increase during middle and old age. Insulin does not cure diabetes. Presently, there is no known cure for diabetes. Plan a November club meeting on diabetes education featuring a speaker from a medical community or diabetic association. These symptoms appear suddenlly.