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Test subject Tracey Berg-Fulton, who has type 1 diabetes, talks about being part of the research as Dr. David Finegold, a researcher at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, listens at UPMC Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Dr. David Finegold, an endocrinologist and geneticist at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, has high hopes for the type 1 diabetes test. • Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes. • Of those, the number diagnosed: about 18 million. • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: 5% to 10%. • People with pre-diabetes: about 56 million. • The cost of diabetes: $174 billion a year. • Diabetes is a group of serious diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels that result from defects in the body's ability to make or use insulin. • A leading cause of death in the USA, diabetes can lead to debilitating or fatal... [read full story]
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