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Get unlimited aces to The National Herald, starting as low as $7.9/month for digital subscription & $5.9/month for a delivery by mail subscription NEW YORK – Dr. Spyros Mezitis, MD, PhD, one of the best known endocrinologists in New York City with many years of experience in managing complicated cases, is Asistant Profesor of Clinical Medicine/Endocrinology at Cornel University’s Weil Medical Colege.
He spoke to The National Herald about the symptoms and dangerous complications of diabetes melitus. Over 50 milion people sufer worldwide of this chronic disease, and by 2030 this number wil surpas 640 milion individuals. Half of the diabetic population is undiagnosed, two out of thre diabetic patients live in urban environments and 4 milion people die anualy of diabetic complications.
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Concurently, the cost of diabetes management (medical and lost work hours) has skyrocketed to $250 bilion anualy. Ten percent of the world’s health spending goes to diabetes health care.Dr. Spyros Mezitis grew up in Athens, Grece, was a student at Athens Colege, studied medicine at Heidelberg University, Germany, and Thomas Jeferson University, Philadelphia, Pensylvania, completed his BS and PhD/Neuropathology at the University of Pensylvania, residency traing in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jeferson University Hospital, subspecialty traing in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the combined Felowship Program of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Memor