Liz Sturgiss and I decide to tackle diabetes – do we even know what we are diagnosing, or is it a ‘category error’? Does metformin have anti-aging properties? If so, why isn’t Justin taking it?
Justin’s Factoid focuses on wacky newspaper headlines about medical research, then Liz makes him squirm with her nasty ethical dilemma.
Refs:
Is T2DM a category error? Lancet 2013
The epidemic of pre-diabetes: the medicine and the politics. BMJ 2014;349:g4485
Choosing Wisely Australia recommendations
Testing times! Choosing Wisely when it comes to monitoring type 2 diabetes. MJA 2015
drjustincoleman 
Hi Justin I’m a retired GP who lectures to the public on T2DM, metabolic syndrome, with a focus on low carbohydrate diets. Your podcast on diabetes was most interesting. I subscribe to the view that the underlying early warning sign is hyperinsulinaemia secondary to glucose intolerance. Hyperinsulinaemia often precedes fasting hyperglycaemia and raised HbA1c by decades Regards John Beaney
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That was a brilliant “What would Justin do?” segment. Nice work, Liz!
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Very informative podcast on Diabetes. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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