A new type of diabetes that’s linked not to obesity but to malnutrition has been officially recognised, decades after it was first observed in developing countries. The International Diabetes ...

Nearly 39 million American adults are currently living with diabetes, the latest data shows — and between 90% and 95% of those cases are type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, although it only makes up 5% ...

Malnutrition-related diabetes, distinct from both type 1 and type 2, has now been officially recognized and named “type 5 diabetes.” The vote to endorse the category took place on April 8, during the ...

A new scientific paper has a name for a different type of diabetes: type 5 diabetes. This form was originally detected in 1955, but has a controversial past. Millions of people are likely impacted by ...