Diabetics at Risk for Cancer

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" 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.

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Lottie Duthu