How a virus might make you diabetic later in life
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the viruses that most infected people carry without ill effects. Once infected you are infected for life and, although it normally is dormant, it can become active again at any point in time. New research shows that CMV infection is a significant risk factor for the type 2 diabetes in the elderly.