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Mayo Clinic Minute: Type 2 diabetes – What you need to know
Type 2 diabetes is a growing health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with it. The disease increases your risk of conditions such as blindness, amputations, heart failure and kidney failure. Mayo Clinic experts say proper management can help diabetics stay healthy.
In this Mayo Clinic Minute, reporter Vivien Williams talks to endocrinologist and diabetes researcher Dr. Adrian Vella about what you need to know about Type 2 diabetes.
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type 2 diabetes is on the rise The increased incidence of obesity is what has probably driven part of the increase in diabetes Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Dr Adrien Vel says diabetes happens when your blood sugar is too high it's a leading cause of blindness and amputations and it increases your risk of heart disease and kidney failure dealing with high blood sugars early gives you a better chance of spending a longer time not requiring medications or other interventions to control your diabetes some people develop type 2 diabetes even if they're not overweight but for others lifestyle choices such as eating right exercising and losing weight can help prevent and even manage the chronic condition but unhealthy choices can be dangerous especially if you have a predisposition for the disease hereditary loads the gun while environment pulls the trigger but you can control diabetes with proper treatment for the Mayo Clinic News Network I'm Vivien Williams
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