Here might be a good one... "Diabetes Patients Should Have More Voice in Treatment: Experts"
http://health.usnews.com/health-new...s-should-have-more-voice-in-treatment-experts
New guidelines meant to provide type 2 diabetes patients with truly individualized care have been issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The new position statement recommends more patient involvement in the treatment and management of their condition and gives guidance on the rational approach to the choice of therapy. Choices -- including precise goals for blood sugar control -- should combine the best available scientific evidence with the doctor's and patient's own preferences.
Ultimately, patients make the final decision about their lifestyle choices and, to some degree, the drug treatments they receive. Their diabetes care and management has to fit in with their lives.
Here is another not un-related one...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121002/One-rule-for-one-and-one-for-another-with-diabetes.aspx
The position statement, which was presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the EASD in Berlin, Germany, says that advice must be personalized rather than working on a "one size fits all" basis.
"We cannot consider just pathophysiology and just HbA1c [glycated hemoglobin] lowering efficacy when treating a diabetes patient. If that patient experiences a side effect they cannot tolerate, then they will not take their pill,"
We can but dream.... but with DM at epidemic proportions I simply cannot see it ever happening... and what with all these troublesome patients... BTW anyone seen the movie Tyranosaur? Watched it at the weekend... brilliant but saddening...
http://health.usnews.com/health-new...s-should-have-more-voice-in-treatment-experts
New guidelines meant to provide type 2 diabetes patients with truly individualized care have been issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The new position statement recommends more patient involvement in the treatment and management of their condition and gives guidance on the rational approach to the choice of therapy. Choices -- including precise goals for blood sugar control -- should combine the best available scientific evidence with the doctor's and patient's own preferences.
Ultimately, patients make the final decision about their lifestyle choices and, to some degree, the drug treatments they receive. Their diabetes care and management has to fit in with their lives.
Here is another not un-related one...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121002/One-rule-for-one-and-one-for-another-with-diabetes.aspx
The position statement, which was presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the EASD in Berlin, Germany, says that advice must be personalized rather than working on a "one size fits all" basis.
"We cannot consider just pathophysiology and just HbA1c [glycated hemoglobin] lowering efficacy when treating a diabetes patient. If that patient experiences a side effect they cannot tolerate, then they will not take their pill,"
We can but dream.... but with DM at epidemic proportions I simply cannot see it ever happening... and what with all these troublesome patients... BTW anyone seen the movie Tyranosaur? Watched it at the weekend... brilliant but saddening...
