Diabetes

Posted on January 31, 2010 by admin

• Nearly 21 million Americans (children and adults) has diabetes
• Diabetes is a chronic, life threatening disease, that at the present time, has no cure
• Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States
• Diabetes contributes to the death of about 224,000 Americans each year
• One in fourteen Americans has diabetes
• Every 21 seconds another person is diagnosed with diabetes
• People with diabetes are 2 to 4 times likely to have heart disease or stroke