Researchers link bowel cancer to diabetes 2 in men

[Northerner]

Researchers at The University of Western Australia today released the results of a long-running study which has established a significant link between type 2 diabetes and the risk of potentially fatal bowel cancer in men.

Presenting the results at the Australian Diabetes Society and Australian Diabetes Educators Association Annual Scientific Meeting in Perth, Winthrop Professor Tim Davis from UWA's School of Medicine and Pharmacology Fremantle Hospital Unit said that around one in 12 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer before they reach the age of 85 but but the risk of developing the condition doubled for men with type 2 diabetes.

http://www.healthcanal.com/metabolic-problems/20206-Researchers-link-bowel-cancer-diabetes-men.html

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[wallycorker]

I was diagnosed with both Type 2 Diabetes and then bowel cancer within 4 months of each other eleven years ago.

To the best of my knowledge, neither is causing me any problems these days.

That may all just be down to good luck.

However, personally I put quite a lot of it down to changing my diet.