09:29, November 12, 2010
At least 500,000 Cubans, or one out of every 22, have diabetes, a Cuban
health official said Thursday.
There could be more Cubans who have the disease without knowing their
conditions, said Neraldo Orlandi Gonzalez, director of the Diabetes Care
Center of the National Institute of Endocrinology.
Official research estimated that another 12 percent of the population is
pre-diabetic, which means they have the potential risk of becoming
diabetic in the coming years if they do not receive proper guidance and
assistance, he said.
Cuba has a comprehensive, polyclinics-based care system for diabetes,
and almost every province has at least a diabetes care center, he said,
adding that diabetes is not only Cuba's challenge, but also a "world
epidemic."
Education is the best therapy, and patients should be told to control
their sugar consumption, the official said.
Source: Xinhua
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