New report: diabetes epidemic threatens progress on other fronts.
Time for a dramatic shift in focus toward chronic care. That's the contention of a critical new report that cites multiple failings in the health care infrastructure that are jeopardizing quality and progress on a number of fronts, but particularly with regards to diabetes. Using a "fairly modest" set of assumptions, the lead author states that diabetes is on track to be the nation's number one killer within 20 years unless something is done to stent the epidemic of obesity.
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology