Diabetes rate doubles over 10 years, US says
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_he_me/med_diabetes_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081028/capt.cps.oar23.281008171251.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130y=92q=85sig=6Iedpvu1jvrRNwwKmG34AQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Bottles of perscription drugs. The annual cost of treating adult cases of diabetes in the United States nearly doubled between 2001 and 2007, according to a study published Monday that questioned the efficacy of new, more expensive drugs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Topping)" border="0" /></a>AP - The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday in its first state-by-state review of new diagnoses.</p><br clear="all"/>

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