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Focus on diabetes

Diabetes affects more than 2 million people in the United Kingdom and more than 170 million across the world. Type 2 diabetes accounts for over 90% of cases. The burden of this condition for patients, their families, and healthcare systems is immense and growing. WHO estimates that global prevalence of diabetes will more than double over the next quarter century to affect 366 million people by 2030.

As diabetes becomes more of a global problem, the debate on whether to introduce population based mass screening is hotting up. Two papers in this week's BMJ from Helen Eborall and colleagues (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.723449.55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.392176.BE) explore the psychological effect …