Title: 
Headings: Diabetes
Diabetes
 

What
 
is
 
diabetes?
 

How
 
prevalent
 
is
 
diabetes
 
among
 
blacks?
 

What
 
are
 
the
 
symptoms
 
of
 
diabetes?
 

What
 
are
 
the
 
types
 
of
 
diabetes?
 

Type
 
1
 

Type
 
2
 

Treatment
 
for
 
Type
 
2
 
diabetes
 

Can
 
diabetes
 
be
 
prevented?
 

Is
 
there
 
a
 
cure
 
for
 
diabetes?
 

How
 
is
 
CDC
 
helping?
 

CDC
 
Spokesperson:
  


Content: This
 
causes
 
sugars
 
to
 
build
 
up
 
in
 
your
 
blood. This
 
is
 
why
 
many
 
people
 
refer
 
to
 
diabetes
 
as
 
“sugar.” Diabetes
 
can
 
cause
 
serious
 
health
 
complications
 
including
 
heart
 
disease,
 
blindness,
 
kidney
 
failure,
 
and
 
lower-extremity
 
amputations. Diabetes
 
is
 
the
 
seventh
 
leading
 
cause
 
of
 
death
 
in
 
the
 
United
 
States. How
 
prevalent
 
is
 
diabetes
 
among
 
blacks? Blacks
 
are
 
1.7
 
times
 
as
 
likely
 
to
 
develop
 
diabetes
 
as
 
whites
 


 
The
 
prevalence
 
of
 
diabetes
 
among
 
blacks
 
has
 
quadrupled
 
during
 
the
 
past
 
30
 
years
 


 
Among
 
blacks
 
age
 
20
 
and
 
older,
 
about
 
2.3
 
million
 
have
 
diabetes
 
–
 
10.8
 
percent
 
of
 
that
 
age
 
group
 


 
Blacks
 
with
 
diabetes
 
are
 
more
 
likely
 
than
 
non-Hispanic
 
whites
 
to
 
develop
 
diabetes
 
and
 
to
 
experience
 
greater
 
disability
 
from
 
diabetes-related
 
complications
 
such
 
as
 
amputations,
 
adult
 
blindness,
 
kidney
 
failure,
 
and
 
increased
 
risk
 
of
 
heart
 
disease
 
and
 
stroke; Death
 
rates
 
for
 
blacks
 
with
 
diabetes
 
are
 
27
 
percent
 
higher
 
than
 
for
 
whites. What
 
are
 
the
 
symptoms
 
of
 
diabetes? People
 
who
 
think
 
they
 
might
 
have
 
diabetes
 
must
 
visit
 
a
 
physician
 
for
 
diagnosis. They
 
might
 
have
 
SOME
 
or
 
NONE
 
of
 
the
 
following
 
symptoms: