Clarification

An article on diabetes, “Preventing a slow, silent epidemic,” that ran in the Aug. 24 Inside U.Va. should have stated that the disease can be controlled through diet, exercise and medication. Under the effects of diabetes, the article should have stated that sugar build-up in the blood can damage small and large blood vessels. This leads to long-term complications such as blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and amputations.