Health bulletin
Diabetes rate doubles!
The number of adults with diabetes in the world has more than doubled since 1980, a study published in the Lancet recently reveals. Researchers from Imperial College London and Harvard University in the U.S. analysed data from 2.7m people across the world, using statistical techniques to project a worldwide figure. The total number of people with all forms of the disease — which can be fatal — has risen from 153m to 347m.
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