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WCSJ: Maybe The Biggest Disease Threat Isn?t Infectious At All
By Maryn McKenna July 1, 2011 | 4:38 pm | Categories: Science Blogs, Superbug
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"Much of the diabetes occurring in China now is going untreated because it has not been diagnosed: It is estimated that 60 percent of Chinese diabetes patients have not been identified or counted, meaning the true prevalence is about twice the official numbers.
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I thought I knew a lot about global health challenges, but the scope, scale and almost inevitable cost of diabetes that Shan Juan describes ? a chronic disease, remember, not an infectious one that can be cured by antibiotics or prevented by a vaccine ? took my breath away."
WCSJ: Maybe The Biggest Disease Threat Isn?t Infectious At All
By Maryn McKenna July 1, 2011 | 4:38 pm | Categories: Science Blogs, Superbug
snip
"Much of the diabetes occurring in China now is going untreated because it has not been diagnosed: It is estimated that 60 percent of Chinese diabetes patients have not been identified or counted, meaning the true prevalence is about twice the official numbers.
snip
I thought I knew a lot about global health challenges, but the scope, scale and almost inevitable cost of diabetes that Shan Juan describes ? a chronic disease, remember, not an infectious one that can be cured by antibiotics or prevented by a vaccine ? took my breath away."