Especially alarming to experts has been the proliferation of the disease among children. KERA's Bill Zeeble looks at the disease, who's affected and why, what's being done to control or delay deadly complications, and what's being done to find a cure. Now, it's affecting children in large numbers. The Texas Diabetes Institute opened in San Antonio as the nation's largest, and only state-funded facility devoted exclusively to diabetes. It could be a model for the future.
Diabetes complications bring on early death and cost billions a year.
Experts say education could help immensely, but it's hard to come by, and some blame doctors. This series was funded in part by the Kaiser Family Foundation.