Higher education tied to rare form of diabetes

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Thought this was kind of interesting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101023/hl_nm/us_education_diabetes

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Interesting. It kind of makes sense. Assuming some type 1's are caused by virus, kids are probably exposed to a lot more viruses in college where they're surrounded by a lot more people than they would be otherwise. More kids in college probably go to school sick (without a mom to tell them to stay in bed), and if they're living in dorms, they are exposed constantly to airborne viruses.

3

Well, at least I don't have to worry about this...I already have it!

4

thanks for posting that article

I was diagnoised with LADA after my first year of college. i never thought that there would be a connection.

very interesting

 

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I think we are looking at this all backwards. Instead of saying college is the cause of diabetes, I think diabetics (and those who will become diabetics) are just smarter people and more likely to go to college. Did I mention good looking too?

In all seriousness this is an interesting article.

 

Cheers,

Dan

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Haha Dan, interesting way of thinking!

I was never sick in college (surrounded by 40,000+ germy college kids) but working in an office of less than 100 people, I'm sick every other week. Explain that one to me!

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It's also possible they're looking at this backwards because other studies have found T1 to be more common in middle / upper middle class communities. These are the people who would be more likely to go to college. So, maybe T1.5/LADA is the same?