More than 240,000 Kansans estimated to be living with the disease
MANHATTAN, Kan—The Kansas Department of Heal t h and the Environment estimates that more than 240,000 Kansans have Type II diabetes, a form of the disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin – or doesn’t use insulin properly—resulting in high blood sugar levels.Pe r h a p s a mor e sobering statistic: More than 60,000 people in Kansas don’t even know they have the...