[Comment] The need for improved diabetes detection and treatment

Diabetes, a public health challenge affecting millions of people worldwide, is associated with severe complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, retinopathy, neuropathy, and premature mortality.1,2 Diabetes profoundly affects quality of life. According to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study (GBD), 561 million people worldwide were living with diabetes in 2023.3,4 This number is projected to rise to 1·3 billion by 2050,4 which illustrates the enormous challenges faced by health-care systems and societies globally.