Advance Toward First Saliva Test For Type 2 Diabetes

Monday, January 19, 2009 - 10:28 in Health & Medicine

Scientists in Oregon and India are reporting an advance toward developing the first saliva test to diagnose and monitor effectiveness of treatment for Type 2 diabetes. The number of cases of that disease (18 million in the United States alone) has doubled during the last 30 years in parallel with the epidemic of obesity.

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