Type 1 Diabetes Cases Set to Double Worldwide by 2040
Worldwide, the number of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is on track to double to more than 17 million by 2040, according to a new study.An estimated 8.4 million people were living with the condition worldwide last year, according to study results published September 13 in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Another 3.7 million people would have been alive last year if type 1 diabetes hadn’t prematurely ended their lives, the study also found.The study results suggest that this disease — which used to be called juvenile diabetes — is no longer predominantly a childhood condition. Half the new cases diagnosed last year were found in people older than 39. And far more new cases got diagnosed in adults — 316,000 — than in children and adolescents — 194,000.This suggests…