Why doctors should rethink type 1 diabetes
A 'paradigm shift' in definition is needed to help prevent the condition, say authors
Diabetes researchers have called for a rethink on type 1 diabetes, arguing for it to be redefined as an asymptomatic autoimmune disease that eventually leads to beta-cell destruction.
Moving away from viewing it as a metabolic disorder at the end stage of disease is a key step in prevention, they write in the Medical Journal of Australia.