Troubling Increase in Drug Deaths Hits US Suburbs
A new report finds “troubling increases” in the rate of U.S. drug deaths. Drug deaths are up 4 percent over last year, from 13 to 13.5 deaths per every 100,000 people, according to America’s Health Rankings’ annual report. “They’re up across the board and that’s worrisome,” said Dr. Reed Tuckson, a senior medical adviser to […]
This Epidemic Will Strike 1/3 of Americans by 2050
Almost 30 million people in the United States have diabetes and if the current trends continue, one in three American adults will suffer from the condition by 2050, according to the American Diabetes Association. A new chart shows that, between 2004 and 2012, the prevalence of diabetes increased in almost every U.S. county nationwide except […]