Half of Americans risk diabetic condition

Poor control of blood sugar may be a much bigger health risk factor than most people realize, experts told a meeting on Monday.


One study predicted that half of all Americans will develop a condition known as insulin resistance, a type of pre-diabetes that puts them at high risk of heart attacks, and another showed that high blood sugar alone made hospital patients much more likely to die of other conditions.

The studies, presented to a meeting of the American Diabetes Association, show that early symptoms of diabetes and heart disease must be treated aggressively, experts said...more