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Diabetes Notes

July 17th, 2008

Diabetes increases risk of active Tuberculosis by 3 fold

Now here is one I have never seen linked previously. TB and diabetes.
The Harvard School of Public Health has completed 13 studies and concluded that having diabetes increases your risk of acquiring active TB by three fold.
Ultimately, if this study is true with what it suggests, controlling diabetes would in turn help control worldwide TB.
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments