Diabetes Detection and Prevention in Dermatology

• Main Authors: Alexandra Ngo (Author), Luise Froessl (Author), John Wesley McWhorter (Author), William Brett Perkison (Author), Rajani Katta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mattioli1885, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We are currently in the midst of an international epidemic of diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes. The prevalence of DM in the United States is estimated at 9.4% of the population across all ages, while an estimated 1 in 3 Americans (33.9%) has prediabetes. According to the WHO, about 60 million...