The incidence of diabetes mellitus in Mexico will have risen 40% by the year 2012, killing over 100,000 Mexicans during that year, according to Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, Health Secretary, Mexico. Mexico, with a population of just over 100 million, currently has 10 million people with diabetes (types 1 and 2). Approximately 67,000 people will have died from diabetes by the end of this year. [click link for full article]