New Research Shows Second-hand Smoke Raises Diabetes Risk
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:00 PM EST
... A study published on bmj.com this week shows for the first time that breathing other people's smoke raises the risk of developing glucose intolerance, the precursor to diabetes.The US research also shows that overall, white Americans are more susceptible to this effect than African-Americans.Researchers examined 4572 men and women in four US cities, dividing them into four categories of smoking status: ranging from those who smoked, to those who had neither smoked nor breathed in other people's smoke... click link for more info. ...
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