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Study: 2 forms of diabetes increase among youth

A new study has found a troubling trend in newly diagnosed diabetes cases among youth in the United States. The National Institute of Health study found that between 2002 and 2012, the number of people under age 20 who were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes went up by about 1.8 percent a year. Type 2 diabetes diagnoses went up 4.8 percent a year. This is the first study to look at trends in new cases of diabetes in youths. Researchers found that the numbers are higher for certain ethni...