About a year ago, I read an article in the news about a man wandering strangely and speaking incoherently on a train. Security kicked him off the train because they assumed by his bizarre behavior that he was drunk. The man went missing. After speaking with his family during a police investigation, they realized that he had diabetes and most likely had been experiencing severe hypoglycemia. He was finally found unconscious the next day and treated. I wasn’t able to find out how his recovery...
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Concern Over Diabetes Drug Side Effects May Be Unfounded.
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A friend forwarded to me a recent newspaper article titled "Diabetes Drug Side Effect Reports Triple" and was extremely worried. Sure... Read more »
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I was once told that there would be a day that I'd be in the hospital and I would know more about diabetes then the doctors. That day... Read more »
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Diabetes Alert Dogs Are An Unproven Concept
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