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New NEJM Study On Diabetes Type Two Risk Factors

A multi-institutional research team, led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician, reports their analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study in the November 20 New England Journal of Medicine. Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 Diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better than assessment based on traditional risk factors such as weight, blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

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Topics: type 2 diabetes, tea, study, type two, blood pressure, type 2, blood sugar, blood, sugar, research, blood sugar level, medicine, screening, diabetes, Genera, physician, weight, risk, Genetic

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