Pre-diabetes - epidemic or emperor's new clothes?

Pre-diabetes is an umbrella term and the most widely used phrase to describe a blood concentration of glucose or glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) that lies above normal but below that defined for diabetes.

John S Yudkin, emeritus professor of diabetes at University College London, thinks this is over-medicalisation and will only increase the burden...

Source: The BMJ Podcast - July 17, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts