Improved Patient Education May Play Key Role In Halting Diabetes Escalation

With 24 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes and 10.5 million of those (44%) who report they do not have it under control, and 5.7 million (24%) don’t even know they have it yet, improved patient education seems like a critical first step to impacting the dire predictions for worldwide diabetes cases.

Experts have predicted that by 2025, the number of people with diabetes will have increased by 20 per cent within Europe, 80 percent within Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern populations and 80 percent within the African patient population(1). Diabetes specialists and patients agree that improved education for healthcare professionals and patients could, however, reduce both the financial and personal impact of diabetes on our society.

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