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Depression Combined with Type 2 Diabetes Results in Poorer Glucose Control

November 20th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Diabetes news

Depression Combined with Type 2 Diabetes Results in Poorer Glucose Control

A study from the Medical University of South Carolina, that appeared in the journal, General Hospital Psychiatry, shows that depression plays a part in how well people control their blood sugar.

11,525 veterans with type 2 diabetes were followed for nine years. Ninety-seven percent of the participants were men.

When A1c values were measured, they were higher in the depressed veterans than in the non-depressed (more…)

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