Type 2 Diabetes - Is There Any Mechanism That Could Help?

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Researchers have posited suggestions or theories about what it could be. There's also many organs involved in controlling blood sugar that are rich in the protein called ace two, which is what sars uses to infect cells. But again, don't think there's compelling evidence to say one way or another what's going on here.

The true disability cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is still unknown, but more and more studies are adding to the list of potential fallout from even mild COVID 19 infection. In this episode of Coronapod we discuss a massive association study which links COVID-19 cases with an increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We delve into the numbers to ask how big the risk might be? Whether any casual relationship can be drawn from this association? And what might be in store from future research into COVID and chronic disease?

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