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Two Studies Show That One in Five Diabetes Patients Skip Medications To Save Money Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Nearly one in five older adults with diabetes in the survey reported cutting back on prescription medication in the prior year because of costs, and 15 percent used less of their medication at least once per month because of the cost. By not taking their medications as prescribed, patients had poorer diabetes control, more symptoms and worse physical and mental functioning, researchers found.

Diabetes May Have a Benefit? Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004

Diabetes does not worsen the prognosis of a serious blood infection, in fact, diabetic patients may be at lower risk of dying during the three months following such an episode than their nondiabetic counterparts.

Doctors Get Rated On Their Diabetes Care Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004

Nearly 500 Kansas City area primary-care doctors soon will find out how conscientious they have been in providing this kind of medical attention to their adult diabetes patients — and in many cases, the news will not be good.Thousands of patients have not been getting all the tests and screenings they need, new data show. This news will come in diabetes care "report cards" that doctors are getting in the mail.

10% of Those Who Get Diabetes, Will Get it Before the Age of 30 and Lose 14 Years of Life Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2003

“Diabetes mellitus will likely be diagnosed during the lifetime of 1 in 3 males and 2 in 5 females born in the United States in the year 2000, while among minority populations the estimated lifetime risk of diabetes mellitus is even higher. Significant reductions in life expectancy. The researchers estimate that if an individual "is diagnosed at age 40 years, men will lose 11.6 life-years...and women will lose 14.3 life-years.

Diabetes Management Market Predicted to Explode Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2002

Diabetes management will grow at an annual rate of 11 percent during the next decade, according to a market research report.

 

 

 

 

 

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