Diabetes is a disease which prevents insulin from being used properly in the body of an otherwise healthy adult or child. Insulin is a critical chemical in the body which helps turn sugar and starches into energy the human body can use. When a person has diabetes his or her body has a difficult time producing enough insulin. The symptoms of diabetes can be nearly unnoticeable at first.

Diabetes is a treatable disease, but without a proper diagnosis it can be deadly. There may be 7 million people or more in the United States who have diabetes but don’t even know More >