Insulin use trebles in UK
26th February 2014
The use of insulin in the UK has increased threefold over the last 20 years, researchers report.
During the same period there was a sevenfold increase in the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and treated with insulin, the study found.
This compared to a 30% increase in the number of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Writing in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism the researchers from Bristol and Cardiff in the UK said the increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes may be due in