Fighting Diabetes, Proactively!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and that is the adage under which this blog was started.

Uncontrolled diabetes wreaks havoc on the body, often leading to kidney failure, blindness and death. A new study shows that the nation’s unchecked diabetes epidemic exacts a heavy financial toll as well: $174 billion a year.

That’s about as much as the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism combined. It’s more than the $150 billion in damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The incidence of diabetes has ballooned — 1 million new cases a reported each year — as more Americans become overweight or obese, according to the study, released by the American Diabetes Association.
The cost of diabetes, in direct medical care and lost productivity, has swelled 32 percent since 2002, the report shows.
Diabetes killed more than 284,000 Americans last year, according to the association.
Diabetes costs the nation nearly as much as cancer, whose costs in 2006 totaled $206.3 billion, although cancer kills twice as many people, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Hillary with her talk of healthcare, should also include nationwide programs to educate people on preventive cure. That would cut the healthcare costs immensely and that could ve used for the cure of Cancer and suchlike. Diabetes, though a Menace and an Epidemic of sorts can be delayed or even controlled by having a healthy lifestyle and a good diet. Just cut that sugar, and potatoes. Eat lots of vegetables..