Although in 2000 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported that diabetes mellitus was the sixth leading cause of death, the number of cases is believed to be under-reported. A total of 17 million people – a whopping 6.2 percent of the US population – suffer from this disorder, with another 1 million new cases diagnosed each year for people 20 years and older. Are you at risk? Is there any way you can prevent it from happening to you? And is there anything you can do if it occurs?

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