do you know the Significance of November 14 ?

November 14 is the birthday of Banting who discovered the Insulin along with the co-scientist Best in  the year 1921.And the Blue is the official color for World Diabetes Day.

Diabetes statistics:

-  according to DIABETES federation,there more than 0.4 million children ( below 14 years) who are suffering from this diabetes.

- there are around 70-80  thousand new cases are getting diagnosed in children  and kids.

- interestingly there are More than 240 million people are suffering from diabetes which is a chronic debilitating disease.

- around 80 percent  of diabetics belong to lower and middle class

- Around 0.5 million DIABETES TYPE 1 are present in  this world

- there are more than 50 percent of diabetes type 2 cases which can be prevented by following simple measures like weight control, exercises etc

Still more awareness should be created on the diabetes and lot to be done in educating the poor and illiterate people about this silent killer.