quotable quotes - February 2012
"If we were discussing any other disease that affects 70 million Americans and will kill 100,000 by the end of the year, what would we consider acceptable risk?"
- Dr. Arya Sharma (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) on the importance of recognizing obesity as a disease at the second FDA Advisory Committee meeting on Vivus’ weight loss drug Qnexa in White Oak, MD on February 22, 2012.
"In under 10 years, we've gone from no devices to studies outside the hospital. It's incredibly exciting. It's so close now I can taste it."
- Dr. Stu Weinzimer (Yale University, New Haven, CT) on the progress achieved toward the development of an artificial pancreas at the 2012 JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Research Summit in Bethesda, MD on February 18, 2012.
"The greatest challenge we have: not enough people participating in research."
- Dr. Desmond Schatz (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) at the 2012 JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Research Summit in Bethesda, MD on February 18, 2012.
"To me, patients with multiple daily injections (MDI) would probably benefit more compared to insulin pump patients. When a patient comes to me asking about a pump and a CGM, I tell them CGM is higher priority. We have good alternatives to pumps – MDI. But we don’t have alternatives to CGM. I believe CGM is the single greatest advance since the discovery of insulin."
- Dr. Steve Edelman (University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA) on the benefits of CGM at the 5th Annual Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference in Barcelona, Spain on February 9, 2012.
"What are we doing to prevent type 2 and type 1 diabetes? Working to improve outcomes for those with diabetes is imperative, but we need to place a priority on prevention as well. We will not be able to sustain this pace. Obesity and diabetes will not only cause terrible damage to our economy, but to citizens that are trying to hold onto jobs and to contribute to society. It's not just about health and healthcare, it's about our society and our families."
- Dr. Ann Albright (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA) on the gravity of the obesity and diabetes epidemics for health, society, and the economy at the 12th Annual Rachmiel Levine Diabetes and Obesity Symposium in Pasadena, CA on February 15, 2012.
