A new sign of diabetes risk was recently discovered, according to WebMd.com. A sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) used to be thought of as a way for the body to store extra sex hormones. Now research is showing that it plays more of a part in bodily functions than originally imagined.

A study at Harvard School of Public Health compared two groups of women and found that the women with the lowest SHBG levels were much more likely to have diabetes. Later, in a study on men, the results were virtually the same. The gene plays a very casual role, but scientists predict that someday it may be an indicator that early treatment is needed.

First Sign of Diabetes

As far as the history books go, the first sign of diabetes occurred over 2,000 years ago. It was first termed ‘diabetes’ by a Greek named Aretaeus in the first century. …