Ep 15 Diabetes Mellitus Pathology | The Honey Siphon

** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode ** Sugar is as addictive as nicotine and as toxic as … well, sugar. Diabetes mellitus is the fastest growing chronic disease and the not-so-silent potentially ignorable epidemic sweeping our nation. This is a disease known about since antiquity and often fatal to those afflicted in history. With the discovery of insulin in 1922 and exponential growth in our understanding, we now have the resources to manage and even potentially prevent this disease; but will we choose to do so? The Episode has a special guest collaboration with Dr James Meucke AM “AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR”. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Muecke LinkedIn and bio: www.linkedin.com/in/james-muecke-am-a1621812 This Episode includes an interview with Dr Devika Thomas Bio: www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/clinpath-leadership/our-pathologists/dr-devika-thomas/   and is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.