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Well according to some graphs I found on Google, malaria mortality rates have reduced significantly in the past few decades [1], as have AIDS death rates [2]. D
by logicchains 13y ago
Well according to some graphs I found on Google, malaria mortality rates have reduced significantly in the past few decades [1], as have AIDS death rates [2]. Diabetes rates and mortality have however been continuously increasing.
1. http://www.umich.edu/~csfound/545/1995/land05.jpg http://www.umich.edu/~csfound/545/1995/land05.jpg
2. http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/images/colorbox/drugfactshiv2.jpg http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/images/colorbox...
- tsotha 13y agoSo diabetes should be the easiest one to attack.
- logicchains 13y agoHow might it be attacked, from a medicinal perspective?
- tsotha 13y agoWe already have at least one drug that increases sensitivity to insulin. There's room for improvement, though. Also, artificial pancreases are in the trial stage.