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If you have diabetes, the flu can be particularly risky.
According to the results of a new study, working-age adults with type 2 diabetes are at an especially increased risk of doctor visits, hospitalizations and death from the flu, making an annual vaccine all the more important for this at-risk group.
Researchers from Manitoba, Canada, looked at more than 160,000 subjects of an average age of 50.5 and found that those with diabetes were as likely as those who were elderly to develop complications from flu-related symptoms - and six times more likely to die - than those without diabetes.
Working age was identified as age 65 or less for the parameters of the study.
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http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...-diabetes-and-the-risk-of-seasonal-influenza/
According to the results of a new study, working-age adults with type 2 diabetes are at an especially increased risk of doctor visits, hospitalizations and death from the flu, making an annual vaccine all the more important for this at-risk group.
Researchers from Manitoba, Canada, looked at more than 160,000 subjects of an average age of 50.5 and found that those with diabetes were as likely as those who were elderly to develop complications from flu-related symptoms - and six times more likely to die - than those without diabetes.
Working age was identified as age 65 or less for the parameters of the study.
..
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...-diabetes-and-the-risk-of-seasonal-influenza/