Urgent priority : Dire diabetes price tag expected to blow out to $3.5 billion a year by 2040
12 Mar, 2021 05:00 AM
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Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
A damning report reveals the skyrocketing number of New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes is expected to cost our health system $3.5 billion a year by 2040.
That s up from the $2.1 billion our health system currently spends annually on treating the chronic condition that can lead to blindness, amputation and a life hooked up to a dialysis machine.
Researchers of The Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report - launched in Parliament today - are warning urgent Government action is needed to halt or even reverse that steep curve.
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Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), creator of the Digimarc Platform for digital identification and detection, announced today that Sheela Zemlin, a highly regarded and successful Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) executive, has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective February 22, 2021. Her appointment complements and extends the Board s current expertise in capital markets, retail, consumer brands and finance, and supports Digimarc s strategic focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
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