Diabetes: new test could detect the disease much earlier

The glucose tolerance test is the standard method for detecting diabetes. But our new study suggests that a different test can identify the disease earlier than the glucose tolerance test.
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SUBSCRIBEBy Samuel Virtue, University of Cambridge
The glucose tolerance test is the standard method for detecting diabetes. But our new study suggests that a different test can identify the disease earlier than the glucose tolerance test.
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