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India is the "diabetes capital of the world" with 101 million diabetics; a lifestyle pandemic
Canada ๐ 1921 Diseases
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Insulin discovered by Banting and Best at University of Toronto (1921) โ Nobel Prize 1923
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Type 1: autoimmune (insulin-dependent); Type 2: lifestyle (insulin resistance) โ 90-95% of cases
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India: 101 million diabetics (2023) โ world's highest; costs โน2 trillion/year in healthcare
๐ Did you know? Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin in 1921 โ before which diabetes was a death sentence within months
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India is the "diabetes capital of the world" with 101 million diabetics