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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in persons with diabetes mellitus.
People with both ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease of the colon, and PSC, a disease of the bile ducts or biliary tract, are at very high risk for colorectal cancer. Ursodiol is a drug with relatively few side effects that is sometimes used to treat liver abnormalities in PSC patients.