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Diabetes

Diabetes

Guests:
Lawerence Chan, MD, DSc, Director, Diabetes and Endocrinology Center Baylor College of Medicine
Jay Morris, MD, President, Houston American Diabetes Association Leadership Council, Sr Medical Director Clinical Strategy, OptumHealth
Evangelina Trejo Villagomez, PhD, Board of Directors, Hispanic Health Coalition; Research Scientist, Methodist Hospital Research Institute-Center for Diabetes Research

According to the World Health Organization, 171 million people have some form of diabetes. That number is expected to double by the year 2030. What is causing this increase? Who is most at risk? What can be done to prevent this disease?
Original broadcast, January 7, 2011.

Related Links: 

American Diabetes Association

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, USDHHS

 

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