HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests (IMAGE)

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HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests

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Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and colleagues found that patients taking drugs called NRTIs to treat HIV and hepatitis B had a 33% lower risk of developing diabetes.

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