Three large trials involving researchers from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the Department of Public Health and Primary Care show that screening for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors may not reduce mortality and cardiovascular disease in the general population. However, for individuals diagnosed with diabetes, screening is associated with a reduction in mortality […]
Type 2 Diabetes – would you risk it?
Does personalized genetic information help people adopt healthier behaviour? Giving people information about their individual risk of developing type 2 diabetes does not influence them to change their health-related behaviours, according to a study led by researchers from the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and published today in PLOS Medicine. Being more physically active […]