Did you see my recent post about hope? Today I read a report on rates of complications related to diabetes – good news! Check this out:
Since 1990 there was a 68% decrease in the rate of heart attacks and a 64% drop in deaths from high blood glucose; risk of lower limb amputation and stroke decreased by about 50%; and kidney disease requiring dialysis or transplant decreased by about 28%. These numbers are based on complications occurring despite the fact that the actual prevalence of diabetes has increased – by three times! So there are more people with diabetes, but fewer of them are developing complications.
That, my friends, gives me hope. Now we just have to figure out how to decrease the number of people getting diabetes in the first place.