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Heart attack death increased by more than 50 percent for diabetes patients.

“The risk of death from heart attack could rise by more than 50 percent for people with diabetes, finds a new study by researchers,”
Type 1 diabetes, which accounts for around 5 percent of all diabetes cases, arises when the body is unable to produce insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form. It occurs when the body is unable to use the hormone insulin effectively, resulting in abnormal blood glucose levels.
It is well established that people with diabetes are at much greater risk for numerous other health problems, including high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, and heart disease.
For the new study, lead researcher , set out to investigate the long-term risk of death from heart attack, or myocardial infarction, among people with diabetes - a risk that has previously been unclear.
The findings were recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.