Comments on: By Analyzing His Own Biomarkers, A Scientist Diagnoses His Diabetes in Real-Time

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:01:09 +0000

I agree with Brent….very true.

By: juan

juan — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:24:14 +0000

it is pretty obvious for me that the “type 2 diabetes” (in fact some problem in his pancreas or in the insuline receptors in his cells) was triggered by the antiviral medication. Type 2 diabetes or such a dramatic rise in glucose doesn’t happen in a few days lapse.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:33:31 +0000

Why do these stories always attract idiotic political ranting? It would have been better if the author had left out the last paragraph. I guess it’s more glamorous to invent controversy.

By: Geack

Geack — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:11:29 +0000

@7. Susan -
Why were you monitoring your blood sugar levels when you took those meds, if you didn’t already have diabetes?

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:58:03 +0000

I don’t find this particularly interesting at all. It’s not a surprise at all that a person who monitors his blood glucose levels every day would receive an early warning as to the onset of Type 2 diabetes. I don’t see how that counts as “proof-of-concept that knowledge of your biochemistry is power.” It simply proves that knowledge of one aspect of your biochemistry (blood glucose), can inform you about one disease state (diabetes). This is obviously true….it doesn’t tell us anything at all new about how tracking one’s biochemsitry in a broader sense will lead to faster diagnosis of other disease states.

By: Tony Mach

Tony Mach — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:38:53 +0000

And the irony is that researcher like Snyder could find out the cause(s) of T2DM and contribute to a better prevention – that his insurer punishes him for that is just shortsighted. But what do I expect of companies that are interested in the short term profit…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:02:16 +0000

The whole concept of health insurance is flawed. None of us will be able to go throughout life without health care. It is a certainty. Why waste money making insurance companies rich? Put that money directly into the health care system.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:42:34 +0000

Did he ever consider that a medication he took when he had the cold brought on Diabetes? I took Prilosec, then Nexium and both raised my blood sugar levels; at first, it was a small amount 125, but within three months I was at 375-475 range. When I forgot to take the medicine one day, the next day my sugar was down to 140. When I was off the drug completely for about a year (in favor of Prevacid) I can now maintain a range between 95-105, as long as I separate the dose into two doses of 15 MG instead of one at 30, without any medical intervention.

By: drkala

drkala — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:58:23 +0000

I think there is a federal law about that which was enacted a few years back, although I hear there are people now trying to repeal it.

By: bill

bill — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:49:04 +0000

Perhaps an insurance policy is needed to counteract insurance policies that penalize you for taking actions such as these. I’m thinking of a policy that says ‘if your premiums go up as a direct cause of having detected otherwise-unseen risk factors, this policy will pay for them’. Though then perhaps that becomes a hall of mirrors….