Health-care providers are missing many opportunities to reduce the burden of diabetes through improved control of blood glucose levels and improved diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
Prevalence higher and glycemic control poorer in non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican-Americans, but lower percentage of type 2 diabetes cases left undiagnosed overall.
Research findings support the use of vitamin D supplementation to help slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer dementia and reduce Parkinson disease symptom severity.
Patients and health care providers cannot rely on a national health care system to eliminate disparities in mortality rates from conditions such as heart disease.