The incidence of diabetes mellitus in North Amer-ica is reaching epidemic proportions and is ex-pected to double by 2025.1 Over 5 % of the popu-lation is known to have diabetes, and as many as another 2.5 % are estimated to have the disease without knowing it.2 The prevalence of diabetes is increasi...

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