VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 16, 2007 -- BioLife Remedies, Inc. (Other OTC:BLRS.PK - News) - There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States (7% of the population) who have diabetes. An estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes; unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease. If present trends continue, one in three Americans and 1 in 2 minorities born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime. Each day, approximately 4,110 people are diagnosed with diabetes. In 2005 1.5 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people age 20 years or older.
