Diabetes News – Newsletter for February 16, 2011

High risk of heart disease in preadolescent kids with type 1diabetes

WASHINGTON – Preadolescent children with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes, according to a new study.

Medical College of Wisconsin researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin discovered that the early signs of cardiovascular disease are likely to manifest before the onset … Read more >>>.