Tuberculosis and diabetes have begun to intertwine in many countries, and a report warned of a looming epidemic because of this. Having diabetes triples a person’s risk of contracting TB, which killed about 1.5 million people last year, said the report compiled by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and the World Diabetes Foundation. A growing link has been observed between diabetes – a disease of diet, lifestyle and genes – and TB, a respiratory disease spread by bacteria, it said. Estimates show there were more people in the world living with a combination of TB and diabetes than there were people living with TB and HIV, which has claimed millions of lives.
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