1 in 3 People With Type 1 Diabetes Still Produce Insulin, Study Says

1 in 3 People With Type 1 Diabetes Still Produce Insulin, Study Says: Although it's widely accepted that people with type 1 diabetes produce no insulin, a new study suggests otherwise: Roughly one-third produce the hormone long after they are diagnosed.

Residual insulin production can last for more than four decades, researchers reported recently in the journal Diabetes Care. Their findings could help avoid the misdiagnosis of type 1 diabetes as the more common type 2 diabetes and improve treatments for blood sugar control, they suggested.