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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
It seems that while the practice of bloodletting throughout history had little or no effect on most diseases, and the practice was abandoned in the 19th century, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates that blood donation has real benefits for obese people with metabolic syndrome. Two sessions of bloodletting were enough to improve blood pressure and markers of cardiovascular disease.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529211645.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529211645.htm