Type 2 Diabetes:Start Here

Not Just Living With, but Living Well With, Type 2 Diabetes

Here's a shocker: About a third of the 21 million people in the U.S. who have diabetes don't know it yet. The reason is not hard to explain, though: Type 2 (about 90% of all cases) can have a slow onset, and early symptoms can be confused with signs of stress, being overweight, or having a poor diet.

But it's important to find out whether you really do have diabetes. And once it starts to sink in, consider the good news: The arsenal of tools to combat diabetes grows every year. Read more...