A study published in the December issue of Diabetes Care suggests that the number of Americans with diabetes is expected to nearly double by 2034, posing a "significant strain" to the U.S. health care system, Reuters reports. To project future diabetes rates, researchers from the University of Chicago analyzed data for patients between age 24 and age 85 who participated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health Interview Survey.

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