Added on March 4, 2011  RushHourNews  latest health news , Latest in Diabetes , Longer Life

New research: Diabetes – a threat to a longer life

`Diabetes`, a disease that claims a big number of lives every year, is a disease in which blood sugar level goes out of control of the hormones. It has been found by University of Cambridge that it does not only leads to other disorders, but also reduce life by around six years, if developed in middle age.

The most recent study, — Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration — which has included more than 250 scientists from over 25 countries, has shown that people suffering from diabetes are more vulnerable to other diseases, too. These researches and intensive testing were done on more than 800000 people from all over the world.

These findings, simply confirm, that people suffering from diabetes have more probability to die of cancer, infections, mental disorders and liver diseases. Beside these diabetes also affects kidneys, intestines and lungs.

In conclusion: raised blood sugars can be more deadly than raised cholesterol and blood pressure levels in patients body and should be checked to, if somebody wants to live a longer healthier life
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