High cholesterol is not good for anyone, regardless of diabetes High cholesterol levels may be a sign that you are at higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Whilst cholesterol levels may rise for a number of reasons,
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Danish Association Type 2 diabetes is hereditary. If one of your parents, grandparents or siblings have type 2 diabetes, we recommend you that you should check your blood sugar at the doctor. You can test your risk by following the link below:
The risk prediction tools for identifying people at high risk of developing type2 diabetes (PREDICT-2) project is an initiative of the International Diabetes Federation. This project involves the collation of diabetes risk scores
Globally, 382 million people have diabetes. Of these, 175 million are unaware of their condition and over 80% are living in low- and middle-income countries. One important strategy for tackling the diabetes burden is to screen
The risk factors for type 1 diabetes are still being researched. However, having a family member with type 1 diabetes slightly increases the risk of developing the disease. Environmental factors and exposure to some viral
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Canadian Association Having gestational diabetes puts you at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Every year, between three per cent to 20 per cent of pregnant women across Canada develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational
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Canadian Association You could be one of the many Canadians who have diabetes and don’t know it. What are the risk factors for type 1 diabetes? Researchers continue to work hard to find out what causes type 1 diabetes. It is known that having a
Diabetes Risk Factors There are a number of major risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Although some diabetic risks come from our genetics, many are preventable. Unfortunately, many people do not know what these are or clearly
