Plugging the $413 Billion Dollar Drain: Precision Medicine and ADA’s Fight to Prevent Diabetes

Genetics for Healthcare por Rome Madison

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Rome talks with Dr. Osagie Ebekozien, Chief Quality Officer of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), for a powerful conversation around the staggering $413 billion annual cost of diabetes in the U.S. Dr. Ebekozien illuminates 85 years of the ADA’s work and how precision medicine offers a vital path to preventing diabetes and mitigating its profound impact on health and healthcare budgets. He also shares his personal inspiration for fighting diabetes and explains the crucial link between diabetes and obesity, highlighting how conditions like prediabetes affect millions and escalate costs.

Discover the transformative role of modern treatments like GLP-1s, a true success story of precision medicine, and programs like the National Diabetes Prevention Program in delaying or preventing the disease. Dr. Ebekozien emphasizes that by taking an a ... 

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