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A lady of my acquaintance has a son, aged around 45-50, who has been institutionalised for many years with schizophrenia. He has also been Type 1 diabetic since his teens. The diabetes came first and was controlled with animal insulin. Then he was switched to human analogue insulin and he...

For the last few months my GP has been pressurising me to go onto statins. I have a cholesterol level of 5.6 total cholesterol (units mmol/l I think); no differentiation into types. She tells me diabetics have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. What I have not been able to find out is...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes six weeks ago. I have been put on maximum dose of gliclazide (4 * 80 mg) and whether I'm put on insulin depends on blood glucose levels over the next three weeks. Unrelated to that I've been seeing an osteopath about a different problem. He has asked me to...