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...
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Blacks and Hispanics Highest Risk for Alzheimer’s
[embed_youtubea href=”http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/636812.html”>This Business Week article[embed_youtube/a> reports on an Alzheimer’s Association study that shows that over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest risk of developing the disease. [embed_youtubep>The report, [embed_youtubei>2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures[embed_youtube/i> finds that black Americans are about two...