Insulin
Impaired glucose tolerance: GPs’ knowledge and perceptions – (05-23-02)
Impaired glucose tolerance: GPs’ knowledge and perceptions
Anyone who’s even read this newsletter just once can probably grasp the medical fact that increased insulin resistance is probably the number one health concern in Western societies because of its impact on human health and chronic disease. So every physician should keep this entity #1 in their minds when evaluating any patient with CVD, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, menstrual disorders and a hoard of other conditions, right? WRONG…very wrong. The results of this survey of 34 PCPs in England gives us an indication that many have not cracked a journal in about 6 years. Or that pharmaceutical companies don’t sponsor seminars on insulin resistance. This is a sad, sad state of affairs for a condition that has strong potential to be managed with lifestyle interventions and affecting a major chunk of current chronic diseases in any physician’s practice.
bmj.com Wylie et al. 324 (7347): 1190
