Sunday, September 24, 2006

Type 2 Diabetes That Develops Early More Likely To Worsen

     People who develop type 2 diabetes when they're younger than 50 years of age are more likely to experience a worsening of their disease than those diagnosed at an older age, according to research presented in Copenhagen at
the 42nd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

     Dr. Targ Elgzyri from Lund University, Malmo, Sweden, who presented the data, told Reuters Health: "The idea of the study came when we found, as previously shown, a progressive rise in HbA1c over time in newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes despite different modes of therapy."
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