By Steven C. Hill, G. Edward Miller, Merrile Sing
Untreated and undertreated diabetes have serious consequences for individuals with diabetes and are growing concerns for the country. Diabetes is a chronic and progressive disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality that affects a rapidly growing number of individuals in the United States. From 1997 to 2007, the total number of Americans receiving medical treatment for diabetes nearly doubled from 9.8 to 18.9 million people.1 Lack of treatment or inadequate treatment of diabetes can result in severe, debilitating, and expensive complications, such as neuropathy, retinopathy, blindness, peripheral vascular disease, cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, kidney disorders, and … Read More