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Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050 (www.statnews.com)
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The world has failed to understand the social nature of diabetes and underestimated the true scale and threat the disease poses.

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[–] Aesculapius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Physician here. I completely agree. I have seen quite a few changes and additions to therapy for DM in the last 20 years of my career. Thankfully, most of these have shown a continual decrease in the likelihood of heart attack and stroke associated with DM. As you say, the GLP1s are a miracle and offer very convenient dosing (in some cases weekly).