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Question #837

Test Your Knowledge

The list below indicates the ethnicities of the patients whose cases you have just reviewed over the past month. Please choose the correct order showing the relative risk of developing diabetes for each ethnicity in adults 20 years and older. Select one answer: [A] Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanic, non-Hispanic whites, Asian American [B] Hispanic, Non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites, Asian American [C] Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanic, Asian American, non-Hispanic whites [D] Hispanic , Non-Hispanic blacks, Asian American, non-Hispanic whites Are you right? Follow the link to respond!

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Where There’s One Autoimmune Disorder, There May Be Another

Male, 32 years of age, type 1 diabetes, was following gluten free diet of his own choice. Was never diagnosed, just "feels better" when he doesn’t eat gluten. Has lab tests that were negative for celiac in the past. Came to see me for follow up diabetes education. Noted weight loss of 5 pounds in one week. Glucose levels were not elevated, in fact for the most part in target range.

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June 7, 2016

23andMe:  I am sure you have seen the commercials on TV. This is a genetic test that you can get done to learn your ancestry: you simply spit into a tube, mail it away, and presto change-o, all the years of thinking you were from Italy can be erased in a …

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