I. SIZE OF THE PROBLEM A. Incidence
All major causes of death + disability
Heart Attack + Heart failure
Stroke
occur 20 years earlier than average.
Kidney failure 30 years before average
DISTRESS RESEARCH REQUIRED
Severe visual loss 50 years earlier
Poor response to coronary balloon angioplasty
Coronary bypass surgery not as beneficial as for non diabetics
Optimal therapy yet macrovascular complementing above not significantly altered.
FIGURE 1 Diabetics in distress.
Polypharmacy 1: need to take many medications for control of Diabetes + complications
research avenues must be sought by those who are moti¬vated to do genuinely meaningful research.