A new page on diabetes has been
created on ANSA's health and wellbeing web page.
The new page will provide specialized information in
cooperation with the Italian Society for the Study of Diabetes
(SID).
After pages dedicated to children's health, with the Italian
Pediatric society, the page '65+' in cooperation with Italian
geriatrists, 'Her and Him' in partnership with gynecologists and
andrologists, ANSA is expanding its specialized information and
focusing on a disease that continues to be underestimated
although it is expanding.
Over four million people in Italy have been diagnosed with
diabetes while an additional million people have been estimated
to be unaware they have diabetes.
Diabetes is a growing threat although progress is being made
on therapies, physicians say.
The president of the Italian Society of Diabetology, Giorgio
Sesti, who is chairing until March 15 a national congress on
diabetes in the coastal town of Riccione, spoke about the issue
on the new ANSA page.
"There is still a widespread perception that diabetes is not
a serious disease", he said.
"On the contrary, it has a high mortality rate due to various
factors and increases the risk for certain cancers".
The mortality rate among diabetics is three times higher
compared to the population without diabetes, said Sesti.
"Today more than ever, it is fundamental to reach citizens to
inform them in a correct way about the consequences of diabetes
and its possible prevention" with a healthy lifestyle.
"However, such information needs to be mediated through
certified channel with a high readership", said the president of
Italian diabetologists, noting that the new service on diabetes
provided by ANSA will give extensive information on the disease
and ways to prevent it.
ANSA Editor-in-Chief Luigi Contu said the "objective is to
provide news and in-depth reports certified by the most
qualified experts in the sector that are useful for patients".
"We also want to provide information that is interesting for
the media and institutions", Contu said, noting that this type
of service is already provided for other health sectors.
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