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...SUGAR BLUES...
...doesn't have to be this way. Back in 1993 doctors proved that Type 1 diabetics could greatly reduce their risk of complications by intensively managing their glucose levels to keep them as close to normal as possible (using a glucometer to measure the level of sugar in a pinprick of blood and an insulin shot when necessary to bring the level down). Similar results have since been seen with Type 2 diabetics...
...themselves looking at the conditions that precede it. "The big question now is, When does the diabetes clock start ticking?" says Dr. Frank Vinicor, director of the diabetes program at the Centers for Disease Control. "For eye or small-vessel disease, we think the clock starts ticking when blood sugar starts to go up. But for heart disease, we think the clock may start ticking much, much earlier, even before the first sign of blood sugar going...
...would like to lower the thresholds that determine who is prediabetic. In January the American Diabetes Association plans to officially recommend that physicians consider treating anyone with a fasting glucose of 100 mg/dL or higher, down from 110 mg/dL or higher in the previous guidelines. "If your fasting blood sugar is below 100, your chances of getting diabetes are quite low," says Dr. Robert Rizza, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and a vice president of the American Diabetes Association. "But if your fasting glucose is over 100, you have a 10% to 15% chance of getting...
Hillary Carroll and her family have taken those lessons to heart. While still in the hospital, Hillary went through a kind of diabetes boot camp in which she learned how to monitor her blood-sugar levels, change the way she eats and boost the amount of physical activity in her life. Her parents bought her a turquoise BMX bike, which she rides at least an hour every day. She has lost 24 lbs. so far, and her glucose levels have stabilized. "Before she was diagnosed, she was happy to sit here by herself, playing with her Barbies," says Tammy Carroll...