More than half of Americans will have diabetes or be prediabetic by 2020 at a cost to the U.S. health care system of $3.35 trillion if current trends go unabated, according to a report released by UnitedHealth Group Inc. Diabetes and prediabetes will account for an estimated 10 percent of...
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Diabetes Rates on Track to Triple
The number of U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes is on track to double or triple by 2050, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s one in three adults. æ Researchers attribute the rapid increase in diabetes to the fact that more people are being diagnosed with...
March 23 was Diabetes Alert Day – Information You Can Use
With my goofy travel schedule I missed publishing this but the information is still relevant. March 23rd was Diabetes Alert Day and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is promoting increased awareness of the diabetes-related preventive services covered by Medicare. Medicare provides coverage of the following diabetes-related services...