World diabetes bill skyrockets as disease spreads
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As simple a treatment as aspirin is one way to cut the more than $232 billion spent on diabetes each year and help prevent related deaths due to heart attacks and strokes, a health economist said on Tuesday.
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Privately insured, low-income workers with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma are being financially squeezed as employers shift the burden of higher health care costs to employees, a new study found.    The number of such individuals spending more than 5 percent of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs soared 48 percent to 2.2 million people from 2001 to 2003, according to a study released Thursday by the Center for Health System Change...
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A drug used to treat diabetes also seems to prevent it in people at high risk of developing the disease, the largest study ever to test this has found.
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Pioneering treatment for sufferers of type 1 diabetes approved for use on NHS patients
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Global health leaders meeting in  Mexico this week want nations of the world to spend more on  medical research, not only to develop new cures but to make  those now on the market available to the poor.
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Experts pushed for more simple strategies to prevent diabetes, a potentially devastating disease. The world greeted its 13th World Diabetes Day with the campaign slogan &quot;Fight Obesity, Prevent Diabetes&quot; yesterday.
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In India, alongside the stick-thin poverty, the malaria and the AIDS, the number of diabetics now totals around 35 million, and counting.
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For diabetics in the developing world, the most basic tools necessary to keep their illness in check represent a major expense.
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Health experts have pronounced diabetes as one of the deadliest diseases. Diabetes which killed an increasing number of New York City residents last year for the first time ranked among the five leading causes
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The countries plan to raise at least $300 million next year to help pay for the treatment of children with AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Broad Institute, and will make the findings public for other scientists to use.
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One out of every eight U.S. federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes, a study found, and advocates are calling for the creation of a government post to oversee coordination of spending on treatment and prevention among federal agencies.
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A study released Wednesday in Texas says the prevalence of diabetes along the US-Mexico border is higher that previous studies indicated.
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The Malta Diabetes Association (MDA) is making the general public aware of the high incidence of diabetes in Malta and opted for the slogan "40,000 Maltese have Diabetes! -- Test now for free!" for the World ...
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People who live along the US-Mexico border suffer diabetes at a rate somewhat higher than the national averages in either country, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Half the world&#39;s diabetes cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, say health experts.
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More than one billion people will be over 60 years old by 2025 and, as populations age, the burden of chronic diseases will increase.