A healthy dose of cynicism
Here at ShootUp we believe a healthy dose of cynicism is as important a part of living well with diabetes as insulin, carb counting and a balanced helping of optimism. I’ve already admitted the...
View ArticleThe problem with a cure
Just imagine if there was a cure for diabetes tomorrow. Say if some mad scientist came up with a magic serum that restored one’s beta cells to full production and health within a day or two. (One...
View ArticleA collection of cures
It’s been a busy week in the “lets tease those pancreatically-challenged types by talking about cures again” department. First it appears that the place to be for a magic cure is Bristol, where they’re...
View ArticleIslet cell transplants in Scotland
NHS Scotland announced today, in a reasonably sensible and balanced press release that “the Scottish National Pancreatic Islet Transplant Programme, launched in November 2009, has now carried out three...
View ArticleSomeone writes some sense about finding a cure for type 1
To maintain my sanity, whenever I hear someone talk about curing diabetes I keep two things in the back of my mind: Firstly, for as long as I can remember, a cure for diabetes has always been 10 years...
View ArticleWant to get involved in diabetes research?
For researchers looking to investigate something around diabetes, the first challenge can often be finding some suitable guinea pigs to experiment on. Some might have a friendly hospital diabetic...
View ArticleShould we go all out for a cure?
I was at a meeting a few weeks ago when discussion wandered onto the artificial pancreas. How we’re making progress towards it, how it’d be great if they could get it controlling blood sugars...
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Five guaranteed cures for diabetes!
You won’t believe number 3!! In the two or so years since my last article for your soaraway Shoot Up, I’ve noticed a growing trend for sensationalised, click-bait, Buzzfeed-style headlines, accompanied...
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A cure is ten years away
It’s a favourite mantra here at your soaraway Shoot Up that a cure for diabetes is always ten years away. While spooning down our cornflakes over the morning paper, we see endless headlines like “Pill...
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