It's Time To Jettison The Pre-Diabetes Label
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
You don't have a pre-pregnancy and your computer doesn't have a pre-power switch. Calling someone who has moderately high blood sugar a prediabetic is premature and creates unnecessary alarm and financial burdens. Imagine being at a party with gluten-free, HFCS-free, non-GMO, vegans who are now also pre-diabetic. Not fun. And worse, it has no value. A new analysis in BMJ sought to find out whether a "diagnosis" of pre-diabetes carried any health benefits such as improved diabetes prevention. If someone was going to get diabetes, treatments to reduce blood sugar only delayed the onset of type 2 diabetes by a few years and there was no evidence of long-term health benefits. read more