The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has officially recognized Type 5 diabetes, also known as Severe Insulin-Deficient ...

The new type 5 diabetes has often been misunderstood and wrongly grouped under type 1 or type 2 diabetes. With growing ...

The new name and endorsement at the World Diabetes Congress are seen as long-overdue recognition that will spur more research ...

Type 5 diabetes, which affects lean and undernourished young adults in low- and middle-income countries, has now been ...

A less-understood form of diabetes, first described more than three-quarters of a century ago, is now getting a second look.

While blood sugar cases are significantly soaring worldwide, a lesser-known malnutrition-related form of diabetes -- designated as Type-5 diabetes -- is gaining global attention after decades.

Unlike type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity and accounts for most diabetes cases in developing countries, type 5 ...

Malnutrition-related diabetes—typically affecting lean, malnourished teens and young adults in low- and middle-income ...

"The IDF's recognition of it as type 5 diabetes is an important step toward raising awareness of a health problem that is so devastating to so many people," said Dr. Hawkins. Diabetes that is ...