Depression increases risk of premature death for diabetics (Biz Journal)
People with Type 1 diabetes have a higher risk of premature death as their symptoms of depression increase, a University of Pittsburgh study found. “This link between premature mortality and depression adds to our previous findings, which show that depressive symptomatology predicts cardiovascular disease and demonstrates that doctors need to consider more than adjusting insulin doses when treating Type 1 diabetes,” Dr. Trevor Orchard, professor of epidemiology at Pitt’s School of Public Health,…
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