What’s your patient’s chance of diabetes? Ask the vet
World-first study examines the association between diabetes in pets, and their owners’ risk for the condition
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People who have a dog with diabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes themselves, Swedish researchers report.
Scandinavian medical research is respected for its use of extensive population registries and it seems that, for pets, the same Nordic rigour applies.