Experts to combat potential 'health catastrophe' of TB among people with diabetes

[Northerner]

New research aims to estimate the benefits of different ways to carry out screening both patients with tuberculosis (TB) for diabetes and the other way around in parts of the world where both diseases are common. According to the World Health Organization, 382 million people worldwide had diabetes in 2013 and diabetes resulted in 1.4 million deaths worldwide in 2011; 80% of them live in low and middle income countries where tuberculosis is common.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140723110701.htm