1. Pre-diabetes: opportunity or overdiagnosis?
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Twohig, Helen, Hodges, Victoria, and Mitchell, Caroline
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PREDIABETIC state ,HEALTH policy ,MEDICAL terminology ,GLUCOSE tolerance tests ,BLOOD sugar monitoring - Abstract
An editorial is presented on the meaning of the medical term pre-diabetes along with the controversies that surround the term and its implications on the medical practice, policies and research across Great Britain. It mentions the use of the term to encompass those who are identified as high risk of diabetes through oral glucose tolerance test or fasting glucose. Also emphasized is the relevance of integrated primary care in reducing the incidence of diabetes.
- Published
- 2018
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