Miriam Hospital Research Links Type 2 Diabetes and Blood Cancer (VIDEO)

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Miriam Hospital hematologist/oncologist Jorge Castillo, M.D., discusses the findings of a new meta-analysis that suggests patients with type 2 diabetes have a 20 percent increased risk of developing blood cancers, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma.

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