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Diabetes patients more vulnerable to TB

Email|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Neil Munshi July 15, 2008 01:00 PM

Via Reuters. "Diabetes makes a person about three times as likely to develop tuberculosis, and it may be to blame for more than 10 percent of TB cases in India and China," according to researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Elizabeth Cooney covers health for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.