Diabetes rate doubles over 10 years, US says

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 10/30/2008 - 10:02

ATLANTA (AP) -- The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday in its first state-by-state review of new diagnoses....


 

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