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By ANAHAD O'CONNOR | January 9, 2012, 4:00 pm 47 Diabetes may be more than a hazard to health. A new study shows that young adults with the disease have lower lifetime earnings and fewer job prospects than their peers. The new research helps quantify the nonmedical costs of a burdensome disease that afflicts nearly 10 percent of Americans. The study did not distinguish between Type 2 diabetes, which is closely linked to obesity and inactivity and is by far the most common form of the disease, and Type 1, sometimes called juvenile diabetes, which may be linked to immune, genetic and environmental factors. But both types of diabetes are on the rise in young people: About 215,000 Americans younger than 20 have Type 1 or Type 2 disease.
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The study, which tracked 15,000 people over a period of 14 years, from high school through their early 30s, found that people with diabetes could expect $160,000 less in earnings over the course of their lifetimes compared with those without the disease. They had lower rates of finishing high school and were less likely to move on to college than young adults who were not diabetic. By age 30, a person with diabetes is 10 percent less likely to have a job, in part because of reduced education. The findings, published in the journal Health Affairs, are important because they reflect that diabetics may be having some negative consequences pretty early on in the course of life, said Dr. Michael Richards, a physician and doctoral candidate in the department of health policy and administration at Yale and an author of the study. They also beg the question of what the underlying influences that are driving these associations may be. One driving force, Dr. Richards suspects, may be the difficulty in balancing school or job demands with the management of a chronic disease. Employers may also be less likely to hire someone with diabetes because they fear they will take more sick days or be less productive or more of an insurance burden than other workers. People with diabetes themselves may also be reluctant to seek out better-paying jobs for fear of losing health benefits, a phenomenon known as job lock. Diabetes could also affect the incentives for people in terms of how much schooling they want to acquire, and it could also change incentives for employers who might expect larger medical spending for their diabetic employees, Dr. Richards said. Probing further into these potential mechanisms is going to be a goal of future work. Earlier studies have shown that chronic disease and other aspects of a persons health can pose barriers in the job market. The overweight and obese, for example, face job discrimination and often earn less than their thinner counterparts. And researchers have previously shown that diabetes can hamper productivity and hurt employment prospects among older Americans. But Dr. Richards and his colleagues wanted to work backward to see if a similar pattern might occur with younger patients. They found that high school students with diabetes had a dropout rate 6 percent greater than that of their peers, and were 10 percent less likely than others to find a job when looking for employment. The study controlled and adjusted for the effect of being overweight, a factor in Type 2 diabetes, as well as other family, environmental and demographic factors and diabetes was still shown to have a direct and independent effect. The researchers were surprised to find that diabetes also had an intergenerational effect. Young people in the study, regardless of whether they had diabetes, were 6 percent less likely to attend college if they had a parent with the disease. One explanation is that parents with diabetes might have fewer financial resources and less time and energy to devote to their children because of the encumbrance of managing the disease, Dr. Richards said. Its a novel and intriguing finding, he said, and if it is indeed a real phenomenon, then it suggests that the societal burden of diabetes has perhaps been underestimated. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Share Related Articles Also Tagged: Diabetes
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1. Mom of type 1 Vancouver, BC Flag I find this study totally misleading considering the fact that they don't differentiate between type 1 and type 2. Type 2 as the article hinted to can be based on lifestyle, diet and activity...Type 1 has nothing to do with those attributes and is often diagnosed in young children with no hint of lifestyle issues, etc. My daughter was diagnosed when she was almost 3 with type 1. She will grow up productive, fit and as healthy as the rest...probably more so considering the extreme importance that we place on balancing our diet and activity. I think this article paints a very negative picture of people with diabetes. I know my daughter will not grow up thinking that she is any less valuable in the workforce because of the way we embrace life and teach her how to overcome any obstacle that comes her way including her diabetes! Feb. 2, 2012 at 10:17 a.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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2. Ksmahoney Corpus Christi, TX Flag wow, often you hear the health risks with this, but not the finacial. Hopefully storys like this will help people relize what they need to do to stay healthy. Losingtogether.com Jan. 12, 2012 at 10:10 a.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
3. Hal New Amsterdam Flag This is extremely sad to hear, and highlights for early intervention for those at risk for diabetes, whether its is self-directed or via the medical system. http://questorganic.com/search?q=diabetes Jan. 11, 2012 at 8:33 p.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. Healthreform Calif Flag The food was changed in the USA, UK and Australia 30 years ago when dangerous food chemicals from the USA was allowed into European. The food today causes stubborn insulin If you have stubborn insulin you hold fat and have a hard time losing weight. You can eat very little and the weight still does not come off. Stubborn insulin will hold fat
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and diets won't work. When researchers used a specialized diabetes diet on overweight people all lost weight eeven those who did not have diabetes. The diet proved food chemicals are why dieting does not work. The specialized diabetes diet reversed food chemicals and people lost weight. Thiis proved that Type 2 diabetes is reversable Here http://spirithappy.org/wp/2011/09/14/diabetes-now-kills-4-6-million-ever... Jan. 11, 2012 at 11:01 p.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
4. A Smith Portland, ME Flag I doubt that this has much to do with Type 1 diabetics. I suspect this result is largely due to Type II diabetics and the strong correlation with obesity. In physical jobs, surely it is harder for obese people to get a lot of physical work done with a positive attitude. When was the last time you heard someone say, "I have so much more energy and enthusiasm ever since I became 70 pounds overweight. Now my feet don't hurt. My back doesn't hurt. My knees don't hurt. I'm just feeling so great." In most of the business world, nobody would ever talk about weight but they do routinely use very indirect references to appearance when considering people for particular jobs. People are described as being ideal for "client facing" and "maybe not so good for client facing." It is not uncommon for client facing jobs to pay twice that of non-client-facing jobs. To have a client facing job, you need to speak well and have an appearance that shows you try very hard to take care of yourself. The problem is that the same suit and haircut on an athlete and an obese person rarely looks better on the obese person. If obese people looked sharper in their clothes then the hundreds of clothing companies in this world would prefer them for modeling. Jan. 11, 2012 at 8:33 p.m. Reply Recommend2 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
5. Alana Unger Sausalito, CA Flag CKS-After 49 Yrs of Type 1 and as many years of research and reading, I have concluded that the ADA and JDRF fall short of an interest in getting at the bottom of these pharmaceutical cash cows. I
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didn't think this way for so many decades, but I now am more interested in what "outside" resources, such as The Lee Iacocca Foundation can do. Jan. 11, 2012 at 8:29 p.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
6. William Schaffer Las Vegas Flag Some comments: Health status was accounted for, according to the abstract, which means that there must have been some account taken for obesity - which directly relates to the higher %age of Type 2 diabetics in lower socioeconomic levels. This relates the much higher incidence of obesity in those communities [especially Hispanic & Native American] and the lack of readily available good nutrition, recreational facilities and medical care. So, obesity/Type2 was accounted for to at least some extent, perhaps fully. Another factor to emphasize is the known higher incidence of depression among diabetics. This relates to poor self-care and ambition. Diabetes needs to have higher analytical skills and knowledge to adequately self-care, however this may be much harder to accomplish with mood issues. The depression may also account for some diminished job-hunting skills. The cost of medical appointments is much higher for me than diabetes supplies - endo, cardio, nephro, opthalmo, podiatrist - paying out of pocket at a low-cost clinic with a pharmacy with discounted diabetes supplies. Such is the way for a Type 1 for 37 years. Just waiting for Medicare to kick in. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Reply Recommend2 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
7. pigeonca los angeles Flag As a type 2 diabetic of normal weight, I often get angry at the assumption that the disease is my fault. A fairly sizable percentage of us cannot control our disease with diet and lifestyle changes because we have always eaten properly and exercised as we should. Sometimes it's just hereditary.
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Also, an area ripe for investigation is the interrelationship between type 1 and type 2, as families often have members with both. I know that they're supposed to be two different diseases, but I believe that there's a continuum as, for example, in the case of LADA or type 1.5. In any event, both types of diabetes are costly, and when type 2 persists, insulin is often needed. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Reply Recommend7 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. nicthommi Michigan Flag Well, unfortunately people would much rather use your disease as one more reason why the fatties should be rounded up and exterminated. No matter what is published, people see the typical type 2 diabetic as being an overweight, sedentary person who "deserves" to be sick. You see in this comment thread that even your comrades in illness, the type 1 diabetics, are painting themselves as being uniformly thin, healthy, and undeserving of the illness. They are desperate to apply numbers so high to the type 2 folks to prove that no one should care that you have a chronic illness. I'd imagine that if you aren't overweight and somehow tell people that you have type 2 diabetes, they will assume you are a former fatty who deserves to have the disease and who drives up their insurance costs (what a stupid and fallacious argument but it's one people make ALL of the time). Such is life. A lot of people who have no scientific or medical knowledge promote this pompous moralizing rather than focus on cures. I mean, isn't the only thing that we know for sure is different about type 1 and type 2 diabetics the pathology of the disease? Some people are going to get one of the other no matter what they do, and the fact that some people get type 2 b/c of "lifestyle" shouldn't be an excuse to condemn anyone in my opinion. Jan. 11, 2012 at 8:33 p.m. Recommend5 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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8. Stan Washington, DC Flag Type 1 diabetics are successful in all walks of life, such as professional golfer Scott Verplank, NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, Actress Sharon Stone, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer, musician Brett Michaels, comedian Kevin Nealon and many others. I personally know many Type 1s have exceled in business, law and medicine. Type 1 is a disease that can be managed with proper diet, exercise and blood glucose control. Unlike a Type 2 diabetic, who tends to be overweight with a poor diet, a well-managed diabetic is typically in excellent physical condition as the result of regular exercise and eating right. A recent study published in the USA Today found that the life expectancy of a Type 1 diabetic is within a few years of a non-diabetic and closing. By not separating Type 1 out from Type 2s this article does not give an accurate picture of Type 1 diabetic life and career outcomes. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Reply Recommend1 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
9. Sandyh00k Jacksonville, Florida Flag I've been a type 1 diabetic since i was a kid. My dad and all his siblings had type 2. In no instance did i or my family allow diabetes to impact our education, or our careers. If one maintains a healthy lifestyle by including exercise, healthful foods and moderation in amounts of food eaten, as well as taking all needed diabetes medication, a person can be quite successful in spite of this disease. I completed a rigorous doctoral program in psychology, my father owned a garage and worked as a car mechanic, an uncle was chief of surgery at a busy hospital, an aunt was busy as a hospital volunteer, and a cousin with type 2 and a heart transplant is a busy golf pro. To help other diabetics to be successful in managing their disease, medical professionals and insurance companies should include psycho-therapy to help patients develop the discipline, and overcome any fears, that will affect their ability to avoid the majority of issues that come with diabetes.
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diabetes. Furthermore, there is no reason for a potential employer to turn down a job applicant in anticipation of sick days due to diabetes. Potential employers are not allowed to ask about health conditions during job interviews. Once a person is hired, employers may not ask about specific health conditions. If they do, that company should be reported to Economic Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC: http://www.eeoc.gov/) Jan. 11, 2012 at 2:03 a.m. Reply Recommend3 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. 98.6 North Carolina Flag The laws that protect employees with disabilities from discrimination do not apply to many small companies. For example, the federal ADA covers employers of 15 or more http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/ada17.html Small companies are also the ones that struggle the most to offer health insurance, and one high-cost employee or dependent can have a meaningful impact on the company's premiums for all workers. I am glad you have not encountered this problem, but it has affected others. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Recommend1 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
10. Anne San Francisco CA Flag I've had type 1 diabetes for 23 years--I earned a full tuition scholarship for a good university plus, later, a generous, fully funded fellowship for a PhD program at a prestigious university. However, I would have to agree that, in my case, I did not seek out a higher paying job (after several years in my current position) because of my good health benefits. I agree that the study made a big mistake by not distinguishing between type 1 and type 2. I assume they have the data on which type of diabetes people in their study had? Was there no difference or did they just not report it?? How is anyone going to get at a solution if this most basic distinction is not made?
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Looking forward to a cure (that doesn't entail a lifetime of buying medical supplies). Jan. 11, 2012 at 2:03 a.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
11. Mom3boys NJ Flag I have a 28 year old who was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 8. He graduated from a top college and now works abroad in a country where top notch health care is tough to find. He is here in the USA several months a year so is followed by a medical team here. I worry whether he will find work here with a company that provides good health insurance - a necessity for Type 1 diabetics. Many of my friends are against Obama's health proposals but I know for my son it will be a good thing especially since people with chronic pre existing conditions cannot be denied coverage. Jan. 11, 2012 at 2:03 a.m. Reply Recommend5 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
12. Liz Washington, DC Flag Quote from the original research paper: "As noted above, we were unable to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes in our data set. However, the absence of such a distinction should not be considered a major problem. Commonalities between the two types continue to emerge as clinical knowledge of diabetes evolves. These common features further blur the line between the two, if in fact one exists at all." This statement alone is just absurd. I don't see how someone who acquired type 1 diabetes as a toddler and must take insulin to merely survive, has ANYTHING in common with the vast majority of type 2 diabetics who develop the condition later in life and are able to control it with diet, exercise, and maybe some oral medications. If you know a type 1 diabetic, you know that this statement is simple ridiculous.
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1. Sandyh00k Jacksonville, Florida Flag Actually, i do not think the quote is all that absurd. No matter what type of diabetes a person acquires, the complications of unregulated blood sugar are the same. In my family i have Type 1, but my dad, his siblings, and all my cousins developed Type 2. None were overweight! All were active! But their genes ruled the day. Some people develop diabetes due to hormonal irregularies or side effects of some medications. Perhaps the majority of Type 2s may indeed need to make alterations in their lifestyle, however it is wrong to presume the diet and exercise alone will heal all Type 2s. The bottom line is that diabetes, 1 or 2, is a dangerous condition. If a diabetic's A1C level is not well controlled, and sometimes even when it is controlled, secondary and dangerous health problems will ensue. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Recommend3 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
13. hartsmart winnipeg canada Flag Obesity rules, aided by food guides and diets which prompts my proposal: A book burning of all food guides and diets literature, to be replaced by an anti-obesity campaign based on weight gain detection and seventy years of close food contact. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:32 a.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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14. marymary Washington, DC Flag Is there any chronic disease that is not life-limiting? One can observe that the outliers who attain great successes "notwithstanding' are uniformly championed, but is that not because they are unusual? Wondering where this notion of diabetics in particular being limited leads. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:31 a.m. Reply Recommend2 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
15. Dr. Sara M. Texas Flag It seems that education is an important factor both in the onset of Type II diabetes and the potential harm it may cause down the road. Of those children who are most at risk for diabetes, how comprehensive is their health education? Do they have access to proper nutrition? Are they allowed ample time for exercise during the day? www.losingtogether.com Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:31 a.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
16. LeAnna J. Carey Washington DC/Northern Virginia Flag Excellent information that brings attention to the importance of addressing healthy lifestyle choices early in life so that they become a behavior. For example, it is important not to assume that all families have a beneficial knowledge of wellness - label reading, the importance of sleep, or
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exercise. Approaching lifestyle competencies differently will be a key factor in keeping our next generation healthy. LeAnna J. Carey, @thehealthmaven Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:56 p.m. Reply Recommend1 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. hartsmart winnipeg canada Flag Will this nonsense ever stop? Healthy lifestyle choices are not a matter of an announcement-but performance. A disaster. Anti-obesity holds the aces, I own two of them. Aside from my personal seventy year involvement in food. My proposal; a Book Burning: Food guides and diets. They have cause a trillion dollars worth of pain and suffering. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:29 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
17. Liz Washington, DC Flag The authors of this study failed to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and this is a HUGE flaw of this study. The conditions are completely different. About 50% of people with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune condition that results in a complete destruction of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, are diagnosed as children. Type 1 diabetics REQUIRE insulin, and there is no amount of dieting and exercising that can change that. The amount of monitoring and vigilance that is required to manage type 1 diabetes is intensive and this can have huge impacts on the ability to pursue higher education and maintain a job. Type 2 diabetes, is often diagnosed in adulthood and, in many cases, can be managed with diet and exercise. I really wish studies of this nature would differentiate between the types of diabetes, because they are completely different conditions. In addition, I really want to see a study that looks at the personal costs type 1 diabetics incur. We have to have insulin to survive and this results in a HUGE
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personal costs type 1 diabetics incur. We have to have insulin to survive and this results in a HUGE personal cost. As a type 1 diabetic who uses an insulin pump, I spend more than $300/month on the basic things I need to survive (pump supplies, insulin, test strips). Requiring these things has a huge impact on personal finances, not to mention one's ability to even obtain health care coverage in this country. Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:55 p.m. Reply Recommend15 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. Tom Trowbridge Santa Fe, NM Flag Absolutely correct! The differences between the two "types" of diabetes are so that they really should have different names. As a "type Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:28 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
2. Gwen Rockville, MD Flag In addition, by not differentiating, we have no way of knowing whether it is actually discrimiantion based on weight which is well documented. The way the article reads, this was only looked at in terms of high school students. Finally, the claim that employers are less likely to hire diabetics is nonsense. It would require the employer to know ahead of time and no one announces that during an interview. Jan. 11, 2012 at 2:04 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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98.6 North Carolina Flag Gwen, you say that no one discusses diabetes during an interview. In fact, many jobs ask about medical restrictions and/or require physicals. Diabetes may or may not be relevant to a particular job. Also, people who apply for jobs are not always strangers to those who interview them. Your point about weight discrimination is good, though. Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
18. JayKayTee Phoenix Flag Tara, You state that 215,000 young adults under 20 have diabetes and that diabetes is on the rise within this same group. What does this number mean as a percentage of the population of this age group? And how much has the number risen in ?? window of time? Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:54 p.m. Reply Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. Liz Washington, DC Flag It's also important to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I would venture to guess that most people with a "diabetes" diagnosis who are under the age of 20 have type 1 diabetes (although this may have changed due to the increase in obesity in our country). We still DO NOT know what causes type 1 diabetes, but it is thought to be a combination of genetics and something in the environment that triggers the autoimmune response. Type 2 diabetes does have a genetic component, but there are also lifestyle factors. Finally, there are also people who do not fit neatly into either category, and this is an area where much research is still needed.
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needed. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:29 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
19. David Chowes New York City Flag This may be due to confounding variable(s). Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:54 p.m. Reply Recommend1 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
20. Vanessa Danville, IL Flag I'd like to know if these findings are limited to the U.S. or could be replicated in countries with universal access to heath care. Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:53 p.m. Reply Recommend4 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
21. Muriel London Flag Is this really the economic toll of diabetes or does it result from the wilfull indulgence that often leads to Type 2 diabetes? Some of these people just want sympathy and will accept no responsibility for having eaten and lounged themselves into "diabesity". Disease or no disease, are such people likely be top earners?
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such people likely be top earners? Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:52 p.m. Reply Recommend1 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. James Northern Nevada Flag This also applies to the higher unemployment rates among the obese in general. There are, after all, still a good many jobs for which a certain degree of physical fitness is required (e.g. the UPS guy who dropped a 40 lb package at my door just now), which reduces their pool of potential jobs. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:29 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
2. Sarah New York, NY Flag Good point, Muriel. After all, if we've learned one thing from the recent credit crisis, it's that a character flaw is a clear impediment to career success! (I don't think you hit EVERY mindless stereotype there; you didn't suggest that they were all out for government benefits; try harder next time.) Jan. 11, 2012 at 4:46 a.m. Recommend3 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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Flag As presented in this article, this study raises many more questions than it answers, and the fact that it doesn't distinguish between Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 is ridiculous. Young people with Type 1 are usually physically fit (other than having the disease) and work very hard to stay healthy and avoid complications. These kids tend to be highly disciplined and selfmotivated about their diets and exercise, characteristics that spill over into the rest of their life. They often excel in school and in the workforce. Kids who develop Type II diabetes often -- but not always, of course -- have underlying problems, such as obesity, which can stem from lack of exercise and poor eating habits. They may have low self-esteem and little family support, feeding into the vicious cycle. Unfortunately, the outlook for these kids -- unless someone helps them -- may be less than optimal in later life. I'd now like to see a study that distinguishes between the two groups of young people, to see whether there is a difference in their level of education and earnings later in life. I'd also like to know whether, as mentioned in the article, diabetics (and others with chronic health problems) really do stay in lower-level jobs because they need the health care. If true, it says a great deal about the need for universal health care. Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:51 p.m. Reply Recommend9 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
1. Liz Washington, DC Flag Could not agree more!! And what is really needed here is a study that looks at cost burdens those of us living with type 1 incur. If you have type 1 diabetes, you have to have insulin to survive. We type 1s face a far greater financial burden because of our condition and it's frustrating that no one is looking at this. As a type 1, I definitely fit your description - physically fit, hard-working, disciplined. I've had to be to survive. And I think I've definitely excelled in both school and work not despite of, but BECAUSE of, type 1 diabetes. If anything, being a type 1 has given me some wicked math, analytical, and organizational skills. Jan. 11, 2012 at 1:29 a.m. Recommend3 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
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2. Gwen Rockville, MD Flag That confuses me. Better paying jobs tend to have better, not worse, health benefits. I can understand staying in a job you don't like rather than starting your own firm to maintain benefits, but not avoiding higher paid employment. Jan. 11, 2012 at 2:04 a.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
3. Tara San Francisco Flag What about investigating the effects of drugs for ADHD as well as other psychoactive drugs on children? Might they be contributing to the development of obesity and diabetes? Jan. 31, 2012 at 8:54 p.m. Recommend Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
23. David Philadelphia, PA Flag Although the reasons for this are probably quite complex, but in part almost certainly reflect the stigma carried by those with Type 2 diabetes. The article correctly states that Type 2 diabetes "...is closely linked to obesity and inactivity...and Type 1...may be linked to immune, genetic and environmental factors," but few people realize that Type 2 has a far stronger genetic component than does Type 1. Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:50 p.m. Reply
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24. Joe B. Madison, WI Flag Very frustrating that once again a published study does not differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This practice not only produces rather meaningless results, useless for health professionals and diabetics themselves, but also serves to further in the public mind the myth that the two diseases are basically the "same." Health professionals, and so-called reputable health journals, should know better and set a better example. Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:50 p.m. Reply Recommend8 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter
25. Paula M. Scott No. Co. Flag I am very suspicious of the role that drug companies play in all these latest research studies. Most of us know that the criteria for diabetes has become broader every year. Elsewhere I read today that someone is recommending that all hospitalized people have their blood glucose measured. Why? What is going to be done with these measurements? Is this part of "we'll cure all disease so we will all live forever"? What nonsense! Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:49 p.m. Reply Recommend2 Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Read More Comments Well Home Page Previous Post Worrying Less About Teens, Texting and Social Media Next Post Really? The Claim: Grief Can Cause a Heart Attack
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Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

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Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

Economic Toll of Diabetes Begins Early - NYTimes.com

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