(CNSNews.com) - The National Institutes of Health through its National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded $524,403 in taxpayer dollars to San Diego University to study diabetes and sexual orientation in women.
"Type 2 diabetes (T2D) contributes to substantial morbidity, disability, and premature mortality in the U.S.," thegrant said.
"Lesbian and Bisexual (LB) women may be at elevated risk for developing T2D because they are more likely than heterosexual women to experience Obesity and other risk factors linked with T2D such as cigarette smoking, Violence victimization, and depressive distress," the grant added.
The study involves data collected for more than 20 years from nearly 100,000 women who took part in the Nurses' Health Study II.
Researchers want to find out the extent to which risk factors for Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affect lesbian and bisexual women over a lifetime.
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2 comments:
Another half-million $ p---d down the drain. How do I get in on some of this easy money??
^^^^If you happen to be a lesbian with diabetis maybe you'd qualify for a grant.
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