Diabetes: How it Works, Why it is Dangerous, and the Economic Costs – The System of the Human Body Which Breaks Down With Diabetes, the Hormone Which Manages Blood Glucose Levels Within the Human Body, How Insulin Counteracts Blood Glucose, the Health Impact of Type 1 Diabetes, the Health Impact of Type 2 Diabetes, the Reason Low Blood Glucose is Dangerous for the Human Body, the Length of Time Required to Develop Symptoms of Hyperglycemia (High Blood Glucose), the Health Impact of Living Undiagnosed With Diabetes, the Reason Fungal Infections Are Common for Diabetic Patients, Simple Infections Leading to Amputation Within Diabetic Patients, How Tinea Pedis (Athlete’s Foot) Survives Within Human Skin, the Rarity of Diabetes During the 19th Century, the First Recorded Patient With Diabetes, the Ancient Egyptian Solution for Diabetes, the Year Insulin Was Discovered as a Treatment for Diabetes, the Volume of Diabetic Patients World Wide in 1980 vs the Volume of Diabetic Patients World Wide in 2020, the Reason Type 1 Diabetes is No Longer Referred to as “Juvenile Diabetes”, the Fallacy of Type 1 Diabetes Being More Severe Than Type 2 Diabetes, the Organs Permanently Damaged by Diabetes, the Effect of the Immediate Complications of Type 1 Diabetes Upon the Human Body, the Human Body Well Regulating Glucose Within Non-Diabetic Patients, Diabetes Consuming the Daily Life of Diabetic Patients, the Name of Diabetes During the Medieval Period (476 A.D. – 1453 A.D.), the Systems Diabetic Patients With Renal Failure Must Monitor, the Ethnicities With the Highest Rates of Diabetic Patients, the Reason Pre-Packaged Food Manufacturers Target These Ethnicities, the Type of Diabetes the Majority of Diabetic Patients Suffer From, the Catalyst of Type 1 Diabetes, the Catalyst of Type 2 Diabetes, the Volume of the U.S. Population Who Have Developed Diabetes, the Reason Rural Regions Have Higher Rates of Diabetes Than Urban Regions Within the U.S., the Reason Diabetes Develops in Patients Who Are Overweight, How Some Medical Clinics Visually Demonstrate to Patients the Volume of Sugar Within Soft Drinks, the Most Common Cause of Type 2 Diabetes, How Diabetic Patients Monitor Diabetes, the Fallacy of Sugar Exclusively Causing Diabetes, the Effect of Sugars and Carbohydrates Upon Diabetes vs the Effect of Proteins and Fats Upon Diabetes, the Reason All Calories Impact Diabetes, the Impact of Monitoring Food Intake for Diabetic Patients vs the Impact of Not Monitoring Food Intake for Diabetic Patients, the Average Annual Sugar Consumption Rate in the U.S. vs the Average Annual Sugar Consumption Rate of a Hunter Gatherer Society, the View of Genes and the Environment by Healthcare Practitioners, the Time Frame of Genetic Changes Within the Human Body, the Time Frame of Environmental Changes Upon the Human Body, the Analog Comparison of Climate and Weather to Explain Genetics and the Environment, the Benefit of Nourishment for Genes, the U.S. City Which Offers an Abundance of Poor Food Choices and Few Healthy Food Choices, the Hypothesized Number of Bodegas (Small Retail Store) Within New York City, United States of America, the Concept of “Food Deserts”, How Food Deserts Develop, Human Beings of the Modern Day Being an Anomaly Within the Earth’s History of the Evolution of Species, How Animals Acquire Food Resources vs How Human Beings Acquire Food Resources, the Reason Obesity Has Become Prevalent Amongst Human Beings World Wide, the Reason Processed Foods Provide Instantaneous Energy When Consumed, Diabetes Becoming Prevalent Around the World, the Rate of Diabetes Within Non-Caucasians vs the Rate of Diabetes Within Caucasians, the Rate of Diabetes Within Each Ethnicity, the Fallacy of Diabetes Only Affecting Patients Who Are Overweight and/or Obese, the Problem of Processed Foods During Childhood, the Reason Patients With a Healthy Body Mass Index Acquire Diabetes, the Best Treatment for a Diabetic Patient With a Foot Wound, the Benefit of This Strategy, the Concept of “Dead in Bed Syndrome”, the Causation of Dead in Bed Syndrome, the Severity of Type 1 Diabetes Prior to the Discovery of Insulin, the Persons Who Discovered Insulin, How Canadian Pharmacologist Frederick Banting and U.S. Medical Scientist Charles Best Discovered Insulin for Human Beings, the Economic Cost U.S. Pharmaceutical Corporation Eli Lilly and Company Paid to Acquire the Patent for Insulin, the Economic Cost of Insulin During the 1920’s, the Period When Insulin Price Points Tripled and the Number of Times the Cost of Insulin Was Modified During the 21st Century, the Average Annual Cost of Insulin During the Modern Day, Some Patients Spending More Than $1000.00 Annually Upon Insulin and Associated Diabetic Medications, the Economic Cost of Insulin in 1996 vs the Economic Cost of Insulin in 2016, the 3 Corporations Which Control Insulin Manufacturing Within the U.S. and the Total Revenue Generated From Insulin Annually During the Modern Day, the Pharmaceutical Industry’s View of the High Cost of Medication, U.S. Chief Executive Officer David Rick’s View of the Increasing Cost of Insulin During the 21st Century, How Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Set Medication Costs, the Disbenefit of Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Patients, the Reason Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Work With Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the View of Pharmacy Benefit Managers by the Pharmaceutical Industry, the Shared Responsibility of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers for the Rising Economic Costs of Medications, the Inability of Many Patients to Acquire Capped Insulin Price Points, the Reason Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Must Keep Insulin Economic Costs High, the Reason Type 2 Diabetes is More Severe in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults, Health Care Practitioners Experiencing Resistance When Attempting to Teach Patients Which Foods to Eliminate From Their Diet, How Health Care Practitioners Combat This Resistance, the Period When the Glucometer (Blood Glucose Monitor) Was Developed, the Largest Breakthrough in Diabetes Research Post the Advent of the Glucometer, the Most Recent Breakthrough in Diabetes Research, the Impending Technology to Treat Diabetes, Scientists Working to Develop an Algorithm Which Calculates and Administers Insulin, the Hypothesized Period When This Technology Will Become Available to Diabetic Patients, the Reason Further Study of This Technology is Required, the Number of Soldiers Who Lost Limbs During the Iraq War, and the Number of U.S. Citizens Who Have Lost Limbs Due to Diabetes