In responding to diabetes epidemic, U.S. too slow
If an epidemic disease were killing more people than AIDS each year, would we notice? If over 170 million people in the developing world were crippled by illness, would we care? If we knew of cost-saving interventions that could avert death for these millions of people, would we act?
Diabetes is the disease that I’m referring to, and today it is the newest epidemic facing our world. Over the past 10 years, the prevalence of diabetes has more than doubled, and worldwide, one person dies from diabetes every 10 seconds. The impact is particularly felt in developing countries where...
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