Our Best of 2017: Breakthroughs in Diabetes Treatments and Prediabetes Treatments
Summary: A review of 2017’s top reports on type 2 diabetes and prediabetes treatments, both new and in development. This article was originally published on the LongevityFacts.com site. Brady Hartman is the author.
Last year, a paper in the Lancet reported that 40 percent of Americans would be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO), while confirming that type 2 diabetes was a major cause of premature deaths, also revealed that prediabetes — the precursor to diabetes — killed more people.
Here is a look at 2017’s reports on how to prevent type 2 and prediabetes, and the promising treatments that are in the pipeline.
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Breakthroughs in Diabetes and Prediabetes Treatments (Our Best of 2017)
