In Scottish adults with type 2 diabetes, cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease as the most common cause of death, stated new study.

‘In Scottish adults with type 2 diabetes, cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease as the most common cause of death.
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The study's results confirmed an increased risk of early death in individuals with type 2 diabetes compared with the general population, and they suggested that where cardiovascular risk factors are being treated aggressively, cancer takes on a greater importance in the cause of death.





Source-Eurekalert