Diabetes Doubles Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke: Study

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-06-24

New research published in the medical journal The Lancet has found that diabetes appears to double the risk of death from heart attack, stroke, or other heart conditions. In fact, researchers say diabetes is implicated in one in every 10 deaths from cardiovascular disease in industrialized countries. Read full story >

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