Cheryl Clark
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U.S. spending on drugs for diabetes has doubled since 2009. That is a boon for drug companies, but also reflects the increasing numbers of people requiring prescriptions. -
KPBS Midday EditionSome 86 million Americans live with prediabetes, which can progress to diabetes, a costly and debilitating disease. A new program can help people lose weight, a proven way to reduce the risk of getting the disease. -
Injuries among children and teens riding bicycles have plummeted in California over the past decade, but at the other end of the age spectrum there’s worrisome news. -
KPBS Midday EditionEver so quietly, a California health agency recently uploaded an alarming chart on its website. -
More than about 468,000 people in the nation — roughly 5,000 in San Diego County — are in stage 4 or 5 kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease, and must go through an ordeal called dialysis. -
- The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
- Los Angeles houses of worship plan for possible ICE raids
- Camp Mystic asked to remove buildings from government flood maps despite risk
- Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
- Wildfire destroys a historic Grand Canyon lodge and other structures