quotable quotes - June 2010
a call for accuracy
"My son was one year-old when he was diagnosed. When you have a one year-old and you see a 360 on a meter, you’re going to dose. If that was really a 240, your kid is going to go hypoglycemic, and you’re going to have to get out the glucagon. I would sacrifice several of the convenience factors for accuracy."
- Ellen H. Ullman, MSW (Children with Diabetes Foundation, Boca Raton) affirms that she would trade convenience for accuracy in blood glucose monitors at the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) public meeting on blood glucose monitoring accuracy standards in Gaithersburg, MD.
the first lady fights on
"This isn't the kind of problem that can be solved in one year, or even one administration. But make no mistake about it, this problem can be solved. We don't need to wait for some new invention or discovery to make this happen. This doesn't require fancy tools or technologies. We have everything we need right now — we have the information, we have the ideas, and we have the desire to start solving America's childhood obesity problem. The only question is whether we have the will.”
- First Lady Michelle Obama describes the fight against childhood obesity to the US Conference of Mayors in Washington, DC.
run 'em optimally
"There’s been a lot of debate on in-hospital glycemic control lately… and I think it’s becoming clearer that the old adage of ‘Run ‘em sweet’ may not be optimal."
- Robert M. Cuddihy, MD (International Diabetes Center, Park Nicollet) recaps recent debates suggesting that the current glycemic targets for people with diabetes in the hospital are too high at the 19th annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) in Boston.
we couldn't agree more
"We absolutely need a full diabetes team for the help of patient care. But the need for new technology, more than ever, especially because of the lack of resources and increasing cost, is undeniably high."
- Satish Garg MD, (Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Denver) highlights the need for new technologies at the 3rd annual Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference in Basel, Switzerland.
