tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post3679897840596111062..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Today's NYTimes Diabetes Report Misses an Important Point!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-12212136437810738972007-08-20T19:56:00.000-04:002007-08-20T19:56:00.000-04:00"So prescribing ONE drug for all these different c..."So prescribing ONE drug for all these different conditions just shows how little people really have looked into what diabetes really is!"<BR/><BR/>... or it shows that health initiatives are driven by marketing of profitable drugs, not by what makes people healthy. That's the most likely explanation for me for the original article. Thanks anyway for a great fact-based blog and web-page.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319278202196461941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-19985576562439322672007-08-20T18:57:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:57:00.000-04:00Paul,It doesn't follow automatically, but once you...Paul,<BR/><BR/>It doesn't follow automatically, but once you eliminate blood sugar caused heart disease, you eliminate actual "diabetes" related issues.<BR/><BR/>Diabetes really is a symptom--high blood sugar--caused by a variety of physological problems, NOT two well-defined diseases, because there are so many completely different underlying disorders that cause high blood sugars. <BR/><BR/>Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-23758220330948029472007-08-20T16:59:00.000-04:002007-08-20T16:59:00.000-04:00Well I agree with you that it's a bad article, it ...Well I agree with you that it's a bad article, it reads like a statin ad. It doesn't top the recent pronouncement of a senior UK government health spokesman that all men over 50 should take statins (no I'm not joking) but it's in the ballpark.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you misunderstood my comment. I wasn't saying that there are no other causes of heart attack, I was saying that it doesn't paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319278202196461941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-68849483781959744222007-08-20T16:49:00.000-04:002007-08-20T16:49:00.000-04:00Honestly, I got as far asAnd even though blood sug...Honestly, I got as far as<BR/><BR/><I>And even though blood sugar levels are the diagnostic hallmark of diabetes, the central fact of diabetes is that patients are not making enough insulin.</I><BR/><BR/>and realized there was nothing here of use. The struggle continues. :PRusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228447502575559365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-85147521651075512152007-08-20T16:27:00.000-04:002007-08-20T16:27:00.000-04:00Of course there are other causes of heart attack--...Of course there are other causes of heart attack--so a normal person's risk isn't zero. <BR/><BR/>The biggest problem, to me, with statins is that they have been found to cause cognitive impairment, sometimes permanent, especially for older folks (and I am rapidly turning into one of those!)<BR/><BR/>I saw a statin cause a major deterioration in my dad's mental state and it isn't something I'll Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-27012148768018602007-08-20T15:50:00.000-04:002007-08-20T15:50:00.000-04:00About this comment - "And because there is a lot o...About this comment - "And because there is a lot of evidence linking A1c to heart attack risk, these people with diabetes who have A1cs in the normal range have a normal risk of heart attack, just like anyone else with that A1c." - couldn't it be the case that diabetics with normal A1C have a different level of heart attack risk to non-diabetics with normal A1C? <BR/><BR/>To put it another way, paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319278202196461941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-12375829050465455402007-08-20T11:52:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:52:00.000-04:00I am even more troubled by the Wall Street Journal...I am even more troubled by the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog, which today suggested that statins should become another class of "diabetes drugs". I don't think that was an appropriate recommendation, in part, because the cardiovascular risk models do not even apply to all forms of diabetes. Plus, I am not convinced that statins are the benign cure-all they are promoted as. Pfizer may love Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.com