Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
An estimated 347 million people worldwide -- more than the population of the United States -- currently suffer from diabetes. Currently, 25.8 million of those people live in America, accounting for 8.2% of the total population. According to the CDC, that alarming figure will rise to one in three Americans by 2050, due to poor health habits and a rapidly aging population.
However, four companies -- Novo Nordisk , Eli Lilly , MannKind , and Medtronic -- are changing how diabetes is treated, and could help diabetes patients enjoy a higher quality of life than ever before.
Novo and Lilly, the pioneers of insulin
To fully appreciate how far we've come in insulin development, we need to first take a trip back in time. Prior to 1921, diabetes was considered a death sentence -- the only effective treatment was to put patients on strict diets with limited carbohydrates, which could only increase survival by a few years.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/28/3-companies-completely-changing-the-way-we-treat-d/
However, four companies -- Novo Nordisk , Eli Lilly , MannKind , and Medtronic -- are changing how diabetes is treated, and could help diabetes patients enjoy a higher quality of life than ever before.
Novo and Lilly, the pioneers of insulin
To fully appreciate how far we've come in insulin development, we need to first take a trip back in time. Prior to 1921, diabetes was considered a death sentence -- the only effective treatment was to put patients on strict diets with limited carbohydrates, which could only increase survival by a few years.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/28/3-companies-completely-changing-the-way-we-treat-d/