Many diabetics needlessly test blood sugar at home

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(Reuters Health) - - One in seven people with type 2 diabetes may be needlessly ...

 

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Anyone working in emergency medicine will tell you not testing is idiotic

😠 This article, and mindset of many HCP, is EXACTLY why many T2s are struggling. Most are not taught what to do with the data and are just told not to worry about it while they are learning nothing about how what they eat affects their blood sugar. Damn, this pisses me off!

Dangerous headline! There are different types of diabetes and this headline doesn’t relate to Type 1.

This is the most irresponsible article I have seen in a while. I have hypoglycemia, am on no meds that affect blood sugar, and can drop to the ground in a second if my blood sugar drops. Testing my blood so that I know BEFORE it hits 50 is NOT needless. MedicareGov MedicaidGov

This is bad science reporting; it states a single study without a control group as fact. This is going to prematurely get many people's hopes up.

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