China At Ground Zero In Explosion of New Diabetes Cases; International Federation Now Projects 500 Million Diabetics Worldwide By 2030
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
BEIJING - A vast new study conducted by scientists in North America and Asia places China at ground zero in terms of an explosion in the incidence of diabetes, and "shows that the global burden of diabetes is far larger than previously estimated," according to a scholar at the Brussels, Belgium-based International Diabetes Federation
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