Diabetes may be more dangerous than we thought. New research suggests
that people with diabetes are slightly more likely to die from cancer
than are people without diabetes.

As if managing the laundry
list of diabetes-related illnesses such as heart disease, blindness and
kidney failure weren’t bad enough, it appears that women with diabetes
have an 11% increased risk of dying from cancer and men have a 17%
higher risk than those without diabetes. The findings were presented
Sunday in Orlando, Fla., at the American Assn. for Cancer Research
annual meeting.