Sugarland: Why Is Diabetes Growing So Rapidly?
Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic disease in the United States. While there are two types of diabetes, the vast majority of patients have type 2 diabetes. Type 2 typically develops in adults and...
View ArticleQuiz: How Can Diabetes Be Treated?
The medical research community is making big strides in diabetes and prediabetes treatment. So, perhaps, is your local YMCA. Take our quiz to see how much you know about the future of treating the...
View ArticleQuiz: Do You Know the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
Say a 25-year-old patient walks into their doctor's office underweight, thirsty, and needing to urinate constantly. Is it safe to assume that this patient, like the vast majority of diabetics, is type...
View ArticleQuiz: Why Does Treating Diabetes Cost So Much?
Since 2012, the average price of insulin has more than doubled, to around $300 a vial. How'd we get to this point? To learn more about the skyrocketing cost of insulin, listen to the full story here.
View ArticleSugarland: 'An Epidemic of Misdiagnosis'
Rates of type 2 diabetes, which typically develops later in life for most patients, have grown to epidemic proportions. However, a growing number of adults are also being diagnosed with type 1, or what...
View ArticleSugarland: As Diabetes Rate Skyrockets, So Does Cost of Insulin
At 24, Alec Raeshawn Smith -- a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota -- was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, which meant he suddenly needed a steady supply of insulin and other costly medical supplies,...
View ArticleSugarland: Key to Diabetes Is for Medicine to Get More Personal
Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic disease in the United States, and one of the most expensive to maintain. And while there's no cure, recent advances have given some diabetics and physicians...
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