• 25.8 million: Number of Americans with diabetes.
• 7 million: Number of Americans with diabetes who have not been diagnosed.
• 79 million: Number of Americans with prediabetes.
• 1.9 million: New cases of diabetes (people 20 and older) reported each year in U.S.
• $176 billion: Annual direct medical costs of treating diabetes in the United States.
• 26.9%…
The Comprehensive Diabetes Care Program At Main Street Hospital
Should you be concerned about having diabetes? The answer is a definite “Yes” when you consider this startling fact: An estimated 105 million Americans have either diabetes or prediabetes, which is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and its serious complications.
With diabetes being such a common health condition, Main…
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It’s enough to make your head spin.
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Diabetes is a chronic illness that occurs when too much glucose (sugar) stays in the blood. Symptoms of diabetes include unusual thirst, frequent urination, blurred vision, extreme fatigue and frequent infections.
Over time, high blood sugar levels can cause a number of serious health complications, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and amputation. Anyone who is overweight…
Almost 26 million Americans suffer from diabetes. Even more disturbing is the fact that seven million people have the disease but have not been diagnosed. Type 1 diabetes usually occurs in childhood or adolescence. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all cases, usually occurs in people 45 and older.
Other risk factors for Type 2 diabetes include:
• Being obese or…
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Joe Gibbs knows how to win. As an NFL head coach, he led the Washington Redskins to four NFC titles and three Super Bowl championships. And since becoming a NASCAR team owner and launching Joe Gibbs Racing, he’s won three NASCAR Cup Series Championships, one with driver Bobby Labonte and two more wit…
America is facing two health epidemics. First, we’re overweight. The rate of obesity among adults has doubled in the U.S. since 1980 and tripled among children. And being overweight is one of the main risk factors contributing to the second epidemic: diabetes. Almost 26 million Americans already have the disease, and recent studies indicate that more than 50 percent of Americans could be at…
Diabetes:
• 25.8 million: Americans with diabetes.
• 7 million: Americans with diabetes who have not been diagnosed.
• 79 million: Americans with prediabetes.
• 1.9 million: New cases of diabetes each year in U.S.
• $176 billion: Annual medical costs of treating diabetes in the U.S.
• 26.9%: Americans 65 and older who have diabetes.
Cholesterol:
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