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Storm Newton

Tool to predict best diabetes drug for each patient could help millions – study

According to Diabetes UK, more than three million people in England with the condition use glucose-lowering drugs (Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

A new “personalised” online tool that predicts the most effective medication for individual patients with type 2 diabetes could benefit millions of people with the condition, researchers have suggested.

It comes as a study found that fewer than one in five people with the condition in England are on the best medication for them to manage blood sugars.

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