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How One Company Is Mining Big Data to Fight Diabetes

Glooko's diabetes-management platform allows patients and doctors more information, and investors are interested.
Putting healthcare in patients’ hands: Rick Altinger of Glooko.

There are 29 million people living with diabetes in the U.S.—more than 9 percent of the population—at an annual cost of $245 billion. Even with an array of devices and drugs available to manage the condition, diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the country.

Rick Altinger, CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based

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