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This fucking article.

But Dr Eric Westman, who posts reaction videos to medical news stories on his YouTube channel, argues that novel therapies such as this miss the point, which is that he sees patients’ diabetes go into remission all the time. And it doesn’t take advanced stem cell therapy to “cure” the condition.

Ah ok so if cancer goes into remission, then it's all good. No need to "cure" it. FUCK OFF

Dr Eric Westman, who produces reaction videos on YouTube for his 200K subscribers, recognizes the achievement of the researchers but argues we already know how to “cure” type 2 diabetes. And to do so we don’t need expensive, high-tech therapies.

He emphasizes the power of dietary changes for their ability to reduce, or even eliminate, symptoms of diabetes. Diabetes UK’s top 10 tips for dietary management of diabetes include choosing healthier carbohydrates and cutting down on sugar.

“Remission of diabetes is one year of no evidence of diabetes. I see that routinely. Cure of diabetes is defined as five years with no evidence of diabetes, and I see that as well. These are standard definitions used.”

“So this isn’t the first time that diabetes has been ‘cured’,” he says. But it is the first time pancreatic function has been restored in such a way that allows patients to eat whatever they want.

Ok this "doctor" (I hesistate to call him that) needs his license revoked. He's essentially going head-first into victim blaming and personal responsibility bullshit. Everyone in the fucking world knows that a healthy diet and exercise is good, but that is a million times harder when you already have a condition like diabetes. A fucking cure is a good thing, not just some cheat code that allows people to "eat whatever they want" (which btw after being cured of diabetes they should have the fucking right to do).

Once again another example of China does amazing thing, and Westoids respond with "but at what cost?" Honestly I hope other countries copy the shit out of this and lower the cost.