Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar levels can cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes in half.

The findings, from nearly 1,400 diabetics who have been followed for more than a decade, provide the first direct evidence that the risk of the most serious complications of the disease, which affects millions of Americans, can be minimized by aggressive treatment, experts said.

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Diabetes runs in both sides of my family, but it seems to have only affected female members of the family.