It is nearly impossible to be a practicing internist in the United States and have a day of clinical work pass without encountering at least 1 patient with type 2 diabetes. Currently, over 20 million Americans and over 150 million worldwide have type 2 diabetes. Models estimate that this number will nearly double by the year 2050 so that about one third of adult Americans will have the disease.
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IN THE CLINIC
Type 2 Diabetes
2 January 2007 | Volume 146 Issue 1 | Page ITC-1
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