Wildcard Diabetes Cure – The Fallout

Note to diabetics. The news from the other day does not mean the disease is almost cured!

A couple days ago, a Canadian team reported that they have discovered – in mice – a correlation between central nervous system malfunction and Type 1 diabetes. This is a breakthrough, since ONE DAY, as in not today, they may find a way to translate this discover into a treatment, possibly even a cure for some patients, but WE’RE NOT SURE. And moreover, this is Type 1 genetically-inherited diabetes, not the Adult Onset variety that is plaguing the world.

Of course, this still hit the global airwaves as "Hey guys, we’re almost to a cure for diabetes! It’s KrispyKreme donuts for everyone!"

It took only a couple days, but the unintended consequences are already upon us.

My wife is a physician who specializes in internal medicine at the Veterans’ Administration hospital in Washington DC. As recently as yesterday she had diabetic vets coming in to announce, "I stopped taking my medicine…I heard on CNN you guys have got a cure, so why don’t you give me that instead!"

Science literacy is important.

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Garland