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Savvy Senior: Diabetes risks and resources

Dear Savvy Senior,

My brother and his wife, who are ages 60 and 56, were recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes, and neither one had a clue. Could I have it too?

Concerned Sibling

Dear Concerned,

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly 115 million Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes today, but most of them don’t even know they have it. Here’s how to...