Dr. Betty Kamen, Ph.D.

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from Betty Kamen, PhD, and Dr. Michael Rosenbaum, MD
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Hint 2434: Diabetes is dangerous even before the disease becomes full-blown, boosting the risk of death from heart disease in its earliest form.

Before most people develop type 2 diabetes, they have trouble metabolizing sugar, a problem known as pre-diabetes that affects 56 million people in the US. People with pre-diabetes have more than double the risk of death from heart disease after five years.

Type 2 diabetes is linked with obesity, poor diet and lack of exercise and is becoming a growing problem in many parts of the world. It can lead to blindness, limb loss, heart disease and early death. People are considered pre-diabetic if they have abnormal blood glucose levels after fasting.

Those with pre-diabetes can prevent type-2 diabetes through dietary changes and increased physical activity.

Source: Stroke, Circulation, June 2007.