Diabetes
November 2, 2011
Total prevalence of diabetes Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States—8.3% of the population—have diabetes. Diagnosed: 18.8 million people Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people Prediabetes: 79 million people Check the stats. Yes, many people could have prediabetes. If left unchecked, patients with prediabetes are on the fast track to insulin dependence Type 2 [...]
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Diabetes
October 19, 2011
One of the common misunderstandings about diabetes is that Type 2 is for people who are slow and overweight and sit on the couch eating cheetoes all day long. And while those are risk factors—the inactivity and overeating, not necessarily the fake cheese—they are not absolutes. Skinny people get Type 2. In fact, I am [...]
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