martes, 5 de enero de 2010

Diabetes on the rise among older Mexican Americans

Diabetes on the rise among older Mexican Americans

Reuters Health
Thursday, December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes, the kind closely linked to obesity, has nearly doubled since 1993, new research shows.
But while the rate of diabetes-related complications has declined among people with diabetes in the US overall, it hasn't dropped among Mexican Americans 75 and older, Dr. Holly A. Beard of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and her colleagues found.