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The American Diabetes Association reports an estimated 11.5 million women over the age of 20 in the U.S. have diabetes, and one-third of them remain undiagnosed. When compared with men, women have a 50 percent greater risk of diabetic coma, a condition brought on by poorly controlled diabetes and lack of insulin. Women with diabetes have heart disease rates similar to men, but more women with diabetes die from a first heart attack.
Excerpted and adapted from FDA Consumer Magazine
Reviewed byFrancine Kaufman, MD. 4/08
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