New Global Diabetes Guidelines Fall Flat
Press releases rarely make me drool. But the recent announcement from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on their new Global Guidelines for Treating Type 2 Diabetes did. Why? Because this was trumpeted as more than a scientific manifesto of the best practices for treating diabetes; it was put forward as a working solution to an imperfect world.
The IDF claimed to have created related, but separate, guidelines for various parts of the world – guidelines…