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Diabetes Factors
May 12th, 2010 | 
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The authors acknowledge that there may be several factors associated with these results, as the older age of patients who had more health problems and who may have had diabetes for longer.
It also mentions a possible link between insulin use and progression of cancer, which was found in a previous study.
Insulin Injection
The increased risk was found among those who control the disease with insulin only.
“We need to study further whether intensification of glucose control with insulin therapy alone increases the risk of death in patients with diabetes,” says Dr. Craig Currie, who led the research.
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