Foluso Fakorede, M.D. has a family history of diabetes. He opened the Heart Disease & Amputation Prevention Institute in rural Mississippi to make sure that all diabetics, regardless of color or financial ability, have access to quality care.
By Foluso Fakorede
Aug 21, 2020
Men's Health – I knew I wanted to become a doctor at age five, motivated by seeing the devastating effects of disease in my family.
My grandmother died of diabetes at the young age of...
Josh Wilkerson could not afford his insulin on the high-deductible health plan offered by his employer. He died at 27 after switching to over-the-counter insulin.
August 14, 2020
FairWarning – Tennessee state Rep. Jason Hodges wanted to do something about the soaring cost of insulin.
He learned that in the United States, the average list price for insulin tripled from 2002 to 2013 and then doubled from 2012 to 2016, forcing some diabetics to spend as...
“We’re all supposed to be staying at home, and I’m out going to 10 different stores.” – Caroline Gregory, diabetes patient
As the country disinfects, diabetes patients can’t find this one thing
Lauren Weber
April 3, 2020
Kaiser Health News – While the masses hunt for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and other people with diabetes are on a different mission: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or alcohol swabs needed to manage their disease.
Gregory stopped in Carlie C’s...