Diabetes has reached virtually epidemic levels in the modern world. In 2005 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about 7 percent of the American population (20.9 million people) had diabetes—and 6.2 million of them were unaware of it. More than 1.5 million people over the age of 20 will be diagnosed with it in the U.S. this year. About 21 percent of those older than 60 have the disease.

Small wonder, then, given the severe complications associated with diabetes, that it continues to be the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. And although diabetes was often called a “disease of affluence” in the past, it is now one of the fastest-rising health concerns in developing nations as well: the World Health Organization pegs the global total at more than 171 million cases.

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1. 1. postcard 11:28 PM 12/7/07

   is it me or is everybody who "graduated" from sr. high school as burnt out as when they entered sr. high school?

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2. 2. DrGayle 04:55 PM 1/31/08

   no where do I see a discussion of the role of nutrition and the supplements necessary to balance the nutrients depleted by the drugs. You also do not discuss the nutrients that stave off the problematice side effects of the drugs and diabetes.
   BTW did you know that Avandia causes your LDL to increase? Oh, just take a deadly statin, right???

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3. 3. DrRudy 02:00 PM 3/15/08

   Is this article sponsored by drugs pharmacy? Where discussion of nutrition and exercise? DrRudy

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4. 4. Musaid 02:24 AM 9/26/08

   Is Sarcoidosis and Diabete match each other in any way because my wife have both the diseases. Please advice me to keep and maintain the health of my wife from these; l will be obliged if a rearch on the same may provide a healthy prevention and otherwise; thanks.

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5. 5. Jim Kate 02:16 PM 5/15/10

   I have seen people using tablets co

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6. 6. Jim Kate 02:21 PM 5/15/10

   I found a link to a website which provides information about diabetic control tablets made from cinnamon and minerals.
   http://www.kanwaminerals.com

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