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Study suggests genetic testing for young people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
A Joslin Diabetes Center study among people treated for type 1 diabetes for many years has discovered that a minority may have monogenic diabetes, a non-autoimmune inherited condition that in some cases does not require insulin treatment. “Our finding has clinical implications,” says George L. King, MD, Joslin Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, […]
Why are some people at greater risk from coronavirus?
People with diabetes or heart disease are known to be more at risk from coronavirus, which is starting to spread rapidly in the UK and internationally. That is a concern for the 7.4 million Britons who have some form of cardiac or circulatory disease, which includes 4.8 million people with diabetes. The common risk factor […]