Frederick Banting

Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.

Canadian Scientist

Don Young

I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.

American Politician

Mary Tyler Moore

Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.

American Actress

Halle Berry

I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.

Angie Stone

My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

American Musician

Bret Michaels

All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.

Randy Jackson

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

Damon Dash

A diabetic always wants to help another diabetic.

American Businessman

Carnie Wilson

Sue Townsend

English Novelist

Use 'diabetic' to describe anything associated with the medical condition diabetes.

Medical Condition

'Diabetic' shouldn't be used interchangeably with 'diabetes'. One is an adjective, the other a noun.

Not Interchangeable

Be sensitive when referring to someone's diabetic condition, as it is a personal health issue.

Compassion

When using 'diabetic' as a noun, remember it labels a person by their health condition.

Condition Identity

It is more respectful to say 'person with diabetes' than 'diabetic' to emphasize the person first.

Respectful Language

Avoid making assumptions about 'diabetics'; not all manage their condition in the same way.

Avoid Assumptions

 I brought some for her parents. But more importantly, see, I passed no judgment on her, because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself. So why was it that, just a few nights later, as I stood in that same E.R. and determined that my diabetic patient did indeed need an amputation,

Peter Attia: What if...

 He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his treatments. After I was expelled, I could not afford to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a hospital.

What's missing in the...

 Using our devices, we could stimulate the stomach to tackle nausea or influence satiety or the intestine to change the way we digest things like glucose by affecting absorption of nutrients in food. This could mean new, noninvasive therapies for the 34 million diabetics in the US

Khalil Ramadi:...

 This is particularly an issue for diabetics. We give them medications that lower their blood sugar. On days when they don't have enough food, it puts them at risk for a life-threatening side effect of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.

What the US health care...

 in improving the quality of life with diabetes. Frederick Banting, the creator of insulin, sold the patent for just one dollar, so that anyone who needed insulin could have access to it. And yet, diabetics are still losing their lives

Why the Price of Insulin...

 parents but more importantly you see I pass no judgment on her because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself so why was it that just a few nights later as I stood in that same ER and determined that my diabetic

Is the obesity crisis...

 they just don't know that we're interested but with a little training dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous patient from a selection of urine samples they can even be taught to let diabetics like Steven know that his

Dogs Can Smell Cancer PIPE...

 normal blood sugar without medication for more than five years i am no longer a type 2 diabetic so thank you very much so if any of you have a health issue that you need to deal with or a life change you need to deal

The psychological weight...

 half a million food safety violations in just nine months. Alarmingly, one in every four diabetics in the world now comes from China. The stories around food are scary and somewhat overwhelming,

The future of good food...

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