Diabetes, Sardinia first in the world for incidence: it's talked about on "Hippocrates"

Sardinia has become the region with the highest incidence of type 1 diabetes (juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes) in the world with 74 new cases every year per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure four times higher than the national average. The island has overtaken Finland and now has this sad world record. The most affected areas are Medio Campidano and Sulcis-Iglesiente. The news emerges in the episode of "Hippocrates" ("Diabetes and new technologies. Towards the artificial pancreas"), broadcast on Friday 5 July at 9pm on Videolina.

The focus is on new devices that improve patients' quality of life . Speakers include diabetologists Rosangela Pilosu, Paola Pisanu, Carlo Ripoli and Giancarlo Tonolo, as well as journalist Federico Mereta.  

The episode is completed by interviews with patients and their families on the advantages linked to the use of insulin pumps. The direction is by Massimo Piras.

Currently in Sardinia the number of diabetics (type 1 and type 2) is over 50,000, a real social and health emergency.

In the video the speech by Carlo Ripoli, director of the complex "Pediatric Diabetology" structure at the Microcitemico hospital in Cagliari.