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| Thu, 02-28-2008 - 10:57am |
Women with type 1 diabetes who take less insulin than they should to try to lose weight triple their risk of dying compared to women who do not skip insulin doses, a new study finds.
"This is a very important women's health issue in diabetes," said Ann E. Goebel-Fabbri, lead author of a study in the March issue of Diabetes Care. "It happens at shockingly high rates, and, if we can detect this problem sooner and earlier, one would hope that we could direct patients to effective treatment."
Insulin treatment has been linked to weight gain; this practice of restricting insulin is referred to as "diabulimia," and is a dangerous way to shed pounds quickly.
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