Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) is a type of diabetes that is diagnosed in adulthood because damage to cells in the pancreas causes a lack of insulin production. Steve Yator/Associated Press
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Micah Iason
When we think of type 1 diabetes, we often think of the most affected demographic: children. However, adults may also be diagnosed later in life. It is a type of adult-onset diabetes. Potential autoimmune diabetes in adultsalso known as LADA, or “type 1.5 diabetes.”
reset We discuss current treatment guidelines and adaptations to diabetes diagnosis in adulthood.
guest: Dr. Louis Phillipson, Director; University of California Chicago Medicine Kobler Diabetes Center