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[3 May 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
What you need to know about Diabetes

Why Should We Care About Diabetes?
Once you know the facts, it is hard not to care about diabetes. In America alone, 17 million people have diabetes. Approximately 1 million Americans are diagnosed each year, and a third of all the people with diabetes are unaware they have it. In the U.S., diabetes is the 5 th leading cause of death by disease and constitutes 20% of all deaths.
WHO (World Health Organization) has declared that there is an epidemic of diabetes. Worldwide, there are 200 million diabetes patients, not including those …