Medscape (1/22, Davenport) reported that “the risk of depression following a diagnosis of diabetes falls during the second decade of having the disease and then rapidly rises,” investigators “have discovered, in a study that suggests there is a J-shaped relationship between the two conditions.” The researchers “found that living with diabetes initially doubles the risk of depression.” Medscape added, “Treatment and disease acceptance may then contribute to a lower likelihood of depressive symptoms, before the risk is” nearly “tripled after the third decade.” The researchers came to these conclusions after studying more than 5,400 men who were between the ages of 70 and 89.
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