New diabetes screening guidelines released; Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issues updated guidelines
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
Routine screening for Type 2 diabetes in adults at low and moderate risk is not recommended, although it is recommended for people at high and very high risk of the disease, state new diabetes screening guidelines. The guidelines suggest using a risk calculator and then screening based on the predicted risk of diabetes.