The Diabetes Epidemic

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) over 26.5 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes, and over 2,000 people are newly diagnosed with diabetes each and every day!

Also, a similar number (around 25 million) are walking around with the disease as yet undiagnosed. Add to that the 55 million others who according to the Center for Disease Control are in a pre-diabetic condition - and you have the makings of an out-of-control epidemic.

The third leading cause of death in the United States, diabetes is also a leading cause of blindness, kidney disease, amputations, and premature death due to heart disease.

Worldwide, over 125 million people suffer from the disease, and the number of sufferers is expected to double over the next 30 years! Diabetes is clearly an epidemic of major proportions.

The disease itself is a puzzle of many pieces, and its treatment can be difficult to master. Our goal here is to educate you on all of the very latest scientific findings so that you can make informed healthcare decisions. Our mission is to bring it all together for you so you can take control of your illness and add healthy active years to your life.

Some interesting facts about diabetes:

In the US over the past 30 years, diabetes has exploded over 700 percent.

Younger and younger children are coming down with type II diabetes. Twenty years ago it was unusual for a 30 year old to be diagnosed - today diabetic teenagers are increasingly common.

Every 55 seconds an American is diagnosed with diabetes.

This year, more than a half million people will be diagnosed with diabetes.

Over 170,000 people die of diabetes and its complications each year.

In a few years, researchers predict that 20 percent of the American population will be diabetics.

The annual cost of the disease in the United States is over $200 billion.

By 2015, the number of type II diabetics in the US will more than double.

The average cost per diabetic, from diagnosis to death, is now over $250,000.

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