According to the UK’s Guardian newspaper, a recent study found that type 2 diabetes increases the risk of developing 57 other health conditions, including cancer, kidney disease and neurodegenerative diseases.
Through a comprehensive study focusing on people over the age of 30 with type 2 diabetes, researchers at the University of Cambridge found that these cases are associated with a higher incidence of 57 chronic diseases.
On average, people with this condition had these health problems five years earlier than those without it.
Experts described the findings as “dangerous” and underscored the urgent need for more people to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
The study, which has so far been reviewed and submitted to the Diabetes Conference in the UK, looked at data from three million people, from biological samples.
People with type 2 diabetes are nine percent more likely to develop cancer, five times more likely to develop kidney disease, and four times more likely to develop liver cancer, as well as an increased risk of other eye, nerve, digestive or other problems, such as mental health.
Millions of people worldwide suffer from type 2 diabetes.
In the United States alone, more than 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 95 percent of them have type 2, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Advocacy Action: Can you ask questions about the costs associated with the 57 conditions? Could you raise a debate about this study and the economic impact on your country and its health care system?