Diabetes Can Cause Liver Cancer - New Threat

In the largest study of its kind, researchers have shown that diabetes can cause chronic liver disease and cancer of the liver, increasing the threat posed by growing incidence of the disease around the world. Diabetes increased by one third during the 1990s, due to the prevalence of obesity and an ageing population. By 2025, the prevalence of diabetes is expected to more than double in Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, and South-East Asia, and rise by 20 per cent in Europe and 50 per cent in North America, according to the International Diabetes Federation.