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What is Diabetes?

What is Diabetes?

The South Bronx can serve as a microcosm of the growing diabetes epidemic throughout the country. Close to 21 million Americans are diabetic, compared to xx in the 1950′s. The Center for Disease Control estimates that over $100 billion is spent on treating the disease and its health complications. But what is diabetes exactly? Normally, [...]

Diabetes in the South Bronx

Diabetes in the South Bronx

The growing number of diabetics in New York City shows that where a person lives can have a profound affect on who is more likely to get the disease. While an alarmingly high number of New Yorkers have been diagnosed with diabetes, residents in low-income neighborhoods such as the South Bronx are hospitalized for diabetes at 10 times the rate of people living in higher-income neighborhoods like the Upper East Side.


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