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Did you know that…
Insulin, was discovered by Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best in 1921 at the University of Toronto.
In 1924, a 14 year old boy Leonard Thompson was the first human with diabetes to receive insulin.
Eli Lilly was the first company to make insulin available commercially.
Almost 1 in 17 people worldwide are diabetic. More than 1800 cases of diabetes are diagnosed everyday.
India has the largest number of diabetics in the world; a total of 10 million.
Vitamin D reduces the risk of diabetes.
Research on insulin inhalers is going on which will make treatment of diabetes simple and pain-free.
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