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September 11, 2006

Diabetes - staggering figures

Yes, it is an epidemic:

By 2050, 12 percent of US citizens will have diabetes, a total of 48.3 million people, federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimate.

And the number could be higher if the rate of obesity among Americans continues to rise, they warn. The estimates also assume that the incidence of diabetes seen in 2004 will remain constant.

Diabetes, as a widespread chronic disease, touches each one of our lives to varying degrees but always in a profound manner. As a nation, it is high time we prioritize the diagnosis of insulin resistance, prevention of type II diabetes, reduction of the risk of developing complications related to diabetes, and technologies that will provide therapeutic treatment or even an end of diabetes.

Posted by Diabetologica at September 11, 2006 12:30 PM