Re: Diabetics at Risk for Cancer

[Guest guest]

Boy.....what next?  Having had type II diabetes for over 15 years, with very

good control........I really represent that remark!  The sun is out, I have

food

and shelter, and I just finished a 10 mile running race......I say, bring it on!

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From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...>

CML < >

Sent: Sat, March 5, 2011 4:02:32 PM

Subject: [ ] Diabetics at Risk for Cancer

 

" Diabetes is not only a cardiovascular risk factor, but is linked as well to

other conditions. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine

(NEJM), collated and analyzed data from 97 previous studies involving more than

820,000 people worldwide. It found that being a diabetic hiked the odds of dying

from cancer by 25 percent, and also heightened the risk of death from infection,

kidney and liver disease. The risk of death was only higher in people with

poorly controlled diabetes, however, as indicated by high blood sugar levels

after a fast. Among the biggest cancer risks for diabetics were liver and

pancreatic cancer, colorectal or bowel cancer, and lung cancer.

Diabetes is reaching epidemic levels with an estimated 280 million people, or

6.4 percent of the world's population, suffering from it and numbers predicted

to rise further as obesity rates also increase. The United States Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention says up to a third of U.S. adults could have

diabetes by 2050 they continue to gain weight and shun exercise.

Another study published this week found that millions of people with diabetes

are undiagnosed or poorly treated, raising their risk of early death from heart

disease and of serious complications like blindness and chronic kidney

disease.The Cambridge-led study found that aside from cancer and vascular

diseases such as stroke, diabetes was also associated with deaths from many

other causes including renal disease, liver disease, chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease, mental disorders, pneumonia, other infectious diseases.

http://tinyurl.com/6emaxbl

FYI,

Lottie Duthu