Recent Content by academicdiabetic

Hi, I'm never sure why basic medical facts when not given as a 'this is a magic bullet, enjoy and be happy' are seen as frigtening and scaremongering... but they often are... after the aforementioned 30 years of medical reserach, i am afraid that, as Smidge says, it is very rare that you find...

Hi Elaine, Note that I am not a medic, but I have been doing medical research for 30 years and know the diabetes literature well (enlightened self-interest!). I have also been through much the same expereinces as you. On the basis of both here are some thoughts: There is very little point...

Hi Phoenix, You seem to have a very good grasp of the literature. Do you know of any studies which look at the evidence for 'normal' levels of blood glucose in the population (for example epidemiological studies)? I have only found three, two of which are under-powered and a third which gives...

Hi Neil, I hope your situation is improving. You do not say what levels of blood glucose you are aiming for (?) If you are having constant hypos to the degree you mention, you must, almost by definition, at those points be having too much insulin. It is not possible for someone with...

Dear Giverny, I started the thread 'recent insulin study' in 'Diabetes Discussions' which you - innapropriately I feel - closed down today on the grounds that the forum was no place for "scaremongering... potentially dangerous information". Briefly overlooking the evident similarities with...

Phoenix, I agree that it is important that more and better studies are carried out in this area, prospective long term studies in particular. The curious thing about the diabetes literature (which as you know is huge), is that pretty much all the insulin trials to date have focussed solely on...

Hi Phoenix, If you refer to one of my earlier posts on this thread, in response to a similar point raised: the authors controlled for all those factors and the people in the study were selected to be recently diagnosed (and then 'followed up' for three years - albeit retrospectively) not to...

Hi Fatbird, Yes the paper you have given is the one I was referring to (I didn't have a link, only a hard copy so thanks to you and also Phoenix for putting up the link). Thank you also for putting up the outcomes again (I had done so, but they got a bit buried in my text, you have made the...

Hi Sid, Thanks for your reply and for going to the trouble of scanning in your hospital card. Regarding the study follow-up period, just to clarify, the follow-up was for three years, it was just that in order to capture all 'episodes' they selected people who had been newly diagnosed at the...

Hi 'fatbird' (love the picture of the bird by the way!) Re the '93% of (T1s or all diabetics?) not making 'targets' - firstly, thank you very much for rasing this and for posting the link, I'll read the report with interest. Whilst I agree that, individually, we obviously have to do what we...

I don't believe the authors of the 'insulin increased mortality' study controlled for diet... that would certainly have been a useful add-on. I don't know if the data are available, but I would have thought also that a group of comparable Type 2s given no medication and controlling diabetes by...