The new diabetes revolution is here – but is it all good news?
1 year, 1 month ago

The new diabetes revolution is here – but is it all good news?

The Independent  

A bona fide technological and medical revolution has been announced that will “transform the lives” of some 150,000 people with type 1 autoimmune diabetes in England and Wales, with the other home nations to follow. As the JDRF, a type 1 diabetes charity, puts it: “By automating what is currently a manual process, HCL can lift the relentless burden and risk of burnout.” The new tech will be transformative for young people, women who want to have children, people who lack the ability to recognise a dangerously low blood sugar level and those who struggle with control and are thus at risk from a long list of nasty complications: amputations, blindness, kidney disease. It brings back echoes of childhood: “Don’t touch that chocolate bar or the T1 goblin will get you.” So yes, this is great news. So while I’ll be celebrating this medical treatment breakthrough for those who are able to use it, I’m still mourning that there isn’t the same “life-changing” technology in “one size fits all”.

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