Diabetes moving from affliction of affluent countries to a global problem
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

The number of people with diabetes has quadrupled from 1980 to 2014, and 415 million adults in the world now have diabetes, according to Rollins researchers. Globally, it was estimated that diabetes accounted for 12 percent of health expenditures in 2010, or at least $376 billion-a figure expected to hit $490 billion in 2030.