Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

Article Abstract:

Diabetes mellitus may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. In 20 studies of diabetes and pancreatic cancer, 18 showed a link between the two diseases. Patients in the study had to have diabetes for at least a year before the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. In one study, diabetes was diagnosed an average of 13 years before the pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer progresses quickly and kills 80% of patients within a year of being diagnosed. Diabetes is often found at the time of diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, but diabetes may have been present for many years prior. Because pancreatic cancer progresses so quickly, it would be less likely that the cancer caused the diabetes.

Risk factors, Pancreatic cancer

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Lower extremity amputation episodes among persons with diabetes -- New Mexico, 2000

Article Abstract:

About three out of every 1,000 diabetics will have a leg amputated, according to a study in New Mexico. Among Native Americans, the rate is higher, at 11 for every 1,000 diabetics. Men of all races were twice as likely as women to have a leg amputated. Diabetes causes peripheral nerve damage, which makes diabetics less sensitive to injuries.

New Mexico, Labor Distribution by Employer, Statistics, Demographic aspects, Amputations of leg, Leg amputation

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