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== Religion and control of diabetes ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and diabetes]]
[[Medscape]] reported in 2017: "Religious beliefs can affect how diabetic patients and their spouses cope with the stress of diabetes, with positive attitudes resulting in good lifestyle habits that result in greater success with glycemic control for the diabetic spouse, new US research indicates.'<ref>[https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/881785 Religion Shapes Glucose Control in Marriages With Diabetes], Medscape, 2017</ref>
The abstract for the 2011 medical journal article ''Does religious affiliation influence glycaemic control in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?'' published in the journal ''Mental Health in Family Medicine'' indicates: "Those with higher religiosity amongst the Moslem population had significantly better glycaemic control. Patients who had church-going religions had better glycaemic control compared with those of other religions."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134210/ ''Does religious affiliation influence glycaemic control in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?''], Chew Boon How, MD MFam Med,corresponding author Khoo Ee Ming, MRCGP MD, and Chia Yook Chin, MBBS FRCP, Ment Health Fam Med. 2011 Mar; 8(1): 21–28.
PMCID: PMC3134210, PMID: 22479289</ref>
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