tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post7839142938259688984..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: Diabetes: "epidemic" may be too strong a wordScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-58865752866352628252007-08-21T00:46:00.000-04:002007-08-21T00:46:00.000-04:00It's too bad Scott that most writers who report on...It's too bad Scott that most writers who report on Diabetes fail to specify for the most part, if they are writing about Type 1 Diabetes or IRD (aka Type 2).<BR/>When you "Lump" the two different Diseases into one word Diabetes, then an injustice is done for all of us with Type 1 Diabetes because the reference for the most part is always to Type 2.<BR/>It is time for everyone in Medicine to begin to refer to Type 2 as IRD or something else, but not Diabetes.BetterCellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667917240368089110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-83055190952554140502007-08-20T09:48:00.000-04:002007-08-20T09:48:00.000-04:00Scott,I was thrilled to see Gina Kolata cite two f...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I was thrilled to see Gina Kolata cite two facts I've had on my web site for 3 years--that there's an 80% concordance for diabetes in identical twins and the only 10% of the obese develop diabetes, making it not so likely that obesity itself causes diabetes.<BR/><BR/>What was a shame, though, was she went on to report that attaining normal blood sugars was "impossible" which is simply not true, and to suggest that diabetes causes heart disease as if that was not related to the way doctors tell people that A1cs shown to quadruple heart disease risk are "good control." <BR/><BR/>The coverage then segueyed into an ad for statin drugs for all diabetics. <BR/><BR/>One day I'll pick up my paper and read a mainstream article suggesting that people with Type 2 can (and do) achieve normal blood sugars by cutting way down on carbs and that attaining normal blood sugars will prevent all diabetic complications.<BR/><BR/>I'll probably have MY heart attack thanks to the shock.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com