With diabetes rates increasing, in part due to increasing obesity, diabetic retinopathy can be expected to become more prevalent.
Over 6.5% of the U.S. adult population has been diagnosed with diabetes (1), and the incidence of type 2 diabetes is increasing, in part due to the national increase in obesity.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and the number of cancer-diagnosed patients is rapidly increasing, in part due to an ageing population, and is expected to reach 22 million cases in the next two decades (Stewart 2015).
Just when the costs of medical care were exploding, when even the costs of health insurance was difficult for many individuals and corporations, and when the government's deficit was significantly increasing in part due to the medical care costs, the use of homeopathic medicines for self-care sharply decreased doctor visits, hospitalizations, and sick days.
See related research by Siegelarr et al., http://ccforum.com/content/15/5/R205 The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing, in part due to aging, obesity, and lower levels of physical activity.
Demand for shopping has increased in part due to the 22% increase in Chinese visitors per year since 2008.
The average design lifetime of satellites continues to increase, in part due to the expectation that the satellite cost per operational day decreases monotonically with increased design lifetime.
Our staff numbers will increase, in part due to new research council academic fellowships, which our university has committed to chemistry, as well as internal initiatives.
The demand for rapid diagnostic in developing countries has recently increased, in part due to growing populations, emerging diseases, and rise in healthcare cost.
Recently, the price of oil has increased in part due to rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
