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Diabetes: A Wake-Up Call! We Can Do Better! Part III

jennaadmin | April 10, 2023

Diabetes: A Wake-Up Call! We Can Do Better! Part III By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC View Part I and Part II of this series. Approximately 35 million adults in the US have Type 2 Diabetes, 12.6 million of whom are undiagnosed. In addition, nearly 166 million adults are also categorized as having prediabetes. [...]

Diabetes: A Wake-Up Call! We Can Do Better – Part 1

Teresa Stockton | February 7, 2023

By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Approximately 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the population, have Diabetes. Globally, diabetes prevalence has climbed from 108 million in 1980 to 425 million in 2017, with 640 million expected by 2040. (Uusitupa et al. Nutrients, 2019) From 1990-2019, the incidence of type 2 diabetes among people from […]

Physical Therapy Helps Patients with Diabetes to Reduce Medication Use and Improve Quality of Life

Teresa Stockton | November 26, 2019

By John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Approximately 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the population have diabetes mellitus. Twenty five percent of all Americans age 65 and older have diabetes. Even young people are affected by diabetes, with 193,000 Americans under the age of 20 having the disease. The cost to manage and treat […]