In 25 years

December 1st, 2009 by admin Leave a reply »

LiveScience reports on a study published in the December issue of the journal Diabetes Care, a publication of the American Diabetes Association:

If Americans don’t eat better and exercise more, diabetes cases will double by 2034 and costs to care for the patients will triple, according to a new report that paints a bleak picture of the future.

Cases to double! Costs to triple!

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2 comments

  1. rwilliams says:

    In the next 24 hours, diabetes will claim the lives of 200 people.
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  2. GearMan says:

    It may not be “Trendy” but I challenge anyone to find a disease with numbers like that…

    What’s the fastest growing disease in the US?
    What has the CDC described as “The next pandemic”?

    And people think it’s just about a shot…