STATICS HAVE shown that more than 230 million people worldwide have diabetes and it is expected to affect over 350 million by 2025 with six million people developing the disease each year.
Diabetes is a silent epidemic that claims as many lives each year as HIV/AIDS; annually over three million deaths are tied directly to diabetes and an even greater number die from heart and blood vessel disease; made worse by diabetes related lipid disorders and high blood pressure.
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