Stress Of Moving From Rural To Urban Setting May Increase Diabetes Risk.

the stress of moving from a rural setting to an urban one makes newly urban transplants more vulnerable to diabetes and other metabolic disorders -- at least in the developing world. "Our findings indicate that people who leave a rural lifestyle for an urban environment are exposed to high levels of stress and tend to have higher levels of the hormone cortisol," said study co-author Dr. Peter Herbert Kann, M.D. Ph.D. in a press release. "This stress is likely contributing to the rising rates of diabetes we http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/19/diabetes-urban-stress_n_6356622.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618