Avoid diabetes' dire harms -

You’ve heard an earful about the dangers of diabetes since you were a kid. Your parents may have tried to grab back that big bag of Halloween candy by telling you that too much sugar causes this health bane.

It doesn’t. Diabetes is a disease in which the blood glucose (sugar) runs too high due to imbalances of the hormone insulin. It’s a controllable condition. But as the nation grows grayer and more overweight, health experts are worrying more about a big increase in diabetes, with reason.