LOOKING PAST BLOOD SUGAR TO SURVIVE WITH DIABETES,

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clipped from www.nytimes.com Looking Past Blood Sugar to Survive With Diabetes Dave Smith of Fairmont, Minn., did not realize his diabetes put him at high risk for heart disease. Dave Smith found out he had Type 2 diabetes by accident, after a urine test. Graphic Medication for Complex Diabetes Virgil Umbarger of Yakima, Wash., gave up checking blood sugar six times a day; now he checks it once or twice. He relaxes by working in his orchard. clipped from graphics8.nytimes.com Few diabetics do enough to protect themselves. Dave Smith thought he had been managing his symptoms when he suffered a heart attack. Taking Diabetes to Heart clipped from www.nytimes.com This series examines the leading causes of illness and death in the United States: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. “Whoa, look at the sugar in here,” his doctor told him. Mr. Smith’s blood sugar level was sky high and glucose was spilling into his urine. That was about nine years ago, and from then on Mr. Smith, like so many with diabetes, became fixated on his blood