David DiSalvo is a freelance science and technology writer for Scientific American Mind and the writer behind the widely read science blogs, Neuronarrative and Brainspin, which reach more than 100,000 readers in 200 countries every month. He has appeared on CNN’s Headline News, and his work is regularly referenced in major publications including the New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Utne Reader and Newsweek.
My dad had his first heart attack when he was 48, but didn't develop diabetes until about 10 years later.
The long and short of this is that I have to be careful...