03/04/2026
About every 1 in 9 adults globally is living with diabetes, and over 90% of those cases are type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes can be hard to diagnose for several reasons.
A study discussed an AI model capable of identifying people at a high risk of both diabetes and death from cardiovascular disease more effectively than the HbA1c test.
Another recent study found small molecules in the blood may help doctors predict a person’s future type 2 diabetes risk beyond traditional risk factors.
Recent advances in diabetes detection may help to identify risk earlier. In this article, MNT discusses recent studies that suggest both an AI test and a blood test could help to highlight diabetes risk sooner than current methods.