USA Today Series Examines Diabetes-Related Issues

Main Category: Diabetes
Article Date: 13 Nov 2007 - 8:00 PDT

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USA Today on Monday published two articles on issues related to diabetes as part of a four-day series titled "The Fight Against Diabetes." Headlines and summaries appear below.

• "Diabetes 'Revolution' Is Cutting Both Ways": The article examines how, although complications from diabetes have decreased, not "everyone is reaping the benefits" from improvements in treatment of the condition. In addition, the article examines how diabetes "is increasing worldwide at such an alarming rate that the number of new cases is outpacing the number of those benefiting from gains made in treatment," in large part because of obesity. According to experts, the increased rate of diabetes "threatens to overwhelm health systems and undermine economies," USA Today reports (Manning [1], USA Today, 11/12).
  
  
• "Get Off the Road to Diabetes: 'Pre-Diabetes' Diagnosis Can Jump-Start a Change of Habits To Lower Risk": The article examines how individuals at increased risk for diabetes because of age, genetic profile or other factors can change their lifestyle to help reduce their risk for the condition. Indiana University diabetes researcher David Marrero said, "Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. The number of people who have early stages -- pre-diabetes -- is three to four times the people with frank diagnoses of diabetes." In reference to the diagnosis of diabetes, he said that "it's better to catch the horse before it gets out of the barn" (Manning [2], USA Today, 11/12).

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