Diabetes Care
Placebos have no place in diabetes care
There were a flurry of news stories this week after publication of an journal article about the use of placebo therapy by physicians. I was thinking off-and-on about writing something on the subject of placebos and diabetes, but an editorial entitled "Healers and heels" in the Newark Star-Ledger today pushed me to the keyboard. Among other rather bitter comments, the editorialist opined "It would have been fine if you [a doctor prescribing placebos] said that you didn't know what to do and refe...
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What do I need to know about diabetes?"
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...immediately started on a basal/bolus insulin program. Bill previously was in private practice at the Midwest Diabetes Care Center in Independence, Missouri. He has been a specialist in diabetes... Read more »Diabetes
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