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Number Of Adults With Diabetes Doubled Over Past Three Decades, Study Shows
The number of adults with type 2 diabetes has doubled worldwide over the last three decades, rising from 153 million in 1980 to 347 million, "a sign that the epidemic will impose an ever-greater cost burden on health systems," according to a study published on Saturday in the Lancet, the Wall Street Journal reports (Naik, 6/27).
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