Forbes August 13, 2019
Kori Hale

Big tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Google are intensely focusing their efforts and heavily investing in fighting diabetes as another possible revenue source. Health tech is big business and projected to reach $149 billion by 2025, with the diabetes device market set to claim around $38 billion by 2026. Could this be the best chance for African American’s who over index in this disease to start seeing lower treatment costs, and allow these tech companies to capture a big chunk of the diabetic business?

The Breakdown You Need to Know: African Americans have the second highest rate of diabetes, a chronic condition that affects how the body regulates blood sugar, at nearly 13%, according to the CDC. However, CultureBanx...

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