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Type 2 diabetes: New treatment eliminates insulin for 86% of patients

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196 points amichail | 5 comments | 17 Oct 24 20:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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looperhacks ◴[17 Oct 24 21:39 UTC] No.41874095[source]▶
Note: This is about diabetes type 2, not type 1. Might be worth to editorialize the heading in this case.
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1. dyauspitr ◴[17 Oct 24 21:52 UTC] No.41874191[source]▶
Something that works for 95% of people with diabetes then. Fantastic!
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2. tzs ◴[17 Oct 24 22:15 UTC] No.41874351[source]▶
Don't only something like 25% of type 2 diabetics take insulin?
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3. coldcode ◴[17 Oct 24 22:33 UTC] No.41874484[source]▶
Most people with T2D do not take insulin, it's only useful if your body cannot make a sufficient amount. In my case I have no need for it, the cells became resistant to the effects of insulin. 25% is probably a decent estimate.
4. phil21 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:09 UTC] No.41874731[source]▶
They really should be called different names. The diseases are really not all that similar other than (sometimes) the need to take insulin.
5. kelnos ◴[18 Oct 24 04:26 UTC] No.41876332[source]▶
Well, 86% of the 14 people they tested this on, anyway.