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"A new type of diabetes isn't type one or type two, but a little bit of both, doctors said Tuesday.It's showing up in people who don't look like a typical diabetes patient and doctors consider it an important new discovery in the medical field.\"It was really strange to be diagnosed,\" said Nathan Mobley, 35, or Norman. Mobley found himself tired, thirsty and using the restroom all the time. \"This can't be me, because I have this active lifestyle, and I'm always doing something.\"He was diagnosed with Type 1.5 diabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults, or LADA, earlier this year.\"What makes this different is the tempo of the diabetes,\" said Dr. James Lane, an endocrinologist with the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma.Lane said he had never seen anything like it.\"It starts off fairly quiescent, and then over a long period of time results in insulin deficiency,\" said Lane.Mobley is currently being treated with pills, but will eventually have to take insulin.\"It doesn't help us to make a decision when we have a patient of one, or when Nathan comes to the clinic and he's a single patient, asking what's the best way to go forward,\" added Lane.Mobley has lost 20 pounds since his diagnosis, but he's keeping a good attitude, and hopes others with LADA will get the treatment they need.\"Sometimes you can't really help it. Sometimes it's in your genes, I guess,\" added Mobley.Right now doctors are trying to raise awareness; they encourage people to make healthy choices and, if you think you might have the symptoms of LADA, to get tested. Doctors estimate a third of people with type one diabetes and up to 10 percent of people with type two have LADA. Researchers believe current medicines being used to treat diabetes can also be effective against LADA.For more information on LADA, visit http://hhdc.ouhsc.edu/Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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