Resources for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

In the United States, diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. Thanks to science and technology, we are undergoing a rapid expansion of treatment tools including new drugs, continuous glucose monitoring devices as well as insulin pumps among other gadgets, aimed to help patients with diabetes take control over this disease. Unfortunately, people affected with diabetes face multiple barriers and cannot take advantage of these. This article uncovers multiple educational and financial resources that are often underutilized and not very well known by those providers responsible of taking care of this vulnerable population.