New form of diabetes discovered
“Many of the people with Type 5 diabetes are unaware they have it because they are not overweight. In fact, they are often wasted and thin,” Dr Silver Bahendeka, the lead investigator of the STEPS Survey and senior consultant physician for diabetes and endocrinology at St Francis Hospital Nsambya, said.
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A patient screens for diabetes
By Agnes Kyotalengerire
Journalists @New Vision
A new form of diabetes, known as Type 5 or undernutrition-related diabetes, has been identified in Uganda.
Unlike Type 2 diabetes, which is commonly linked to obesity and poor