Diabetes and life expectancy

Having diabetes seems to cut a lot off your life expectancy.

A diagnosis of diabetes means losing an average of eight years from your expected life span, new research shows.

In addition, diabetics are more likely to develop heart disease sooner than non-diabetics, the study found.

I'm not sure that's actuall new, I think we pretty much already knew that. But it's a reminder that keeping that blood sugar under control is important.