Fat: A new player expands our definition of diabetes

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions around the world. The World Health Organization reports that more than 422 million people suffer from the disease, including over 1.2 million in Australia alone. The consequences of diabetes can be dire (cancer, kidney failure, and heart attacks) and its prevalence is rising fast. There is an urgent need to better understand how diabetes progresses -- and how it might be stopped.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news