In 2015, there were an estimated 30.3 million in the US with diabetes, or 1 in 10 adults. That figure is an underestimation, as more than half of diabetes is undiagnosed. Your chance of getting diabetes increases with age such that once you reach age 65, that figure rises to 1 in 4. Continue here to read via 10 Complications of Diabetes.
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Age 1: A Baby in the Sky for Father’s Day
Age 2: The Making of a Woman Intensivist
Age 6: Glistening in the Moonlight
Age 7: The Pigeon Boy, The Suction Bush and The Darkness
Age 9: Sitting on the Edge of a Cave
Age 10: Mr Bubble Strikes Again
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