By MELISSA BROWN
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
Rosa Noseworthy in her Reseda apartment. (Photo courtesy of Noseworthy’s son.)
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control reported that the rate of diabetes dramatically increased between 1995 and 2010. According to the CDC’s weekly morbidity and mortality report, in the United States, diabetes rates have increased by 50 percent or more in 42 states and 100 percent or more in 18 states.
New immigrants also adopt a more western diet when they settle into the United States, which seems to increase their chances of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Resident of Reseda, Calif., Rosa Noseworthy, was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She has been living in the United States for 32 years. She was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a year and a half ago. She currently does not have health insurance. Noseworthy struggles each month to pay for her medication and suffers extra stress in addition to the diabetes she deals with on a daily basis. She recently started buying her medication at Costco for a lower price. “The medication is finally start cheap in Costco… before was more expensive like $27- $30 every month. And blood tests I go to the doctor, I pay $70 (per visit)… every other month or whatever if I need,” said Noseworthy.
