Topic: Docta said I gots diabetes
Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #58,891
theys gonna have to take mah foot y'all
The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #751,611
dave joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 37 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #751,616
@previous (The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY)
It's half 5 where you are Doc, why don't you go down the pub for a pint and watch the end the United match? Some human company might do you some good.
It's half 5 where you are Doc, why don't you go down the pub for a pint and watch the end the United match? Some human company might do you some good.
The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY replied with this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #751,618
Bobby2Comix replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #751,621
Pink !/piNkH96Z2 joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #751,636
I'm surpried that you only got diagonsed after showing gangrene from neuropathy. I would think that the symptoms of diabetes which includr fatigue, excessive hunger, blurry veision, would convince you to see a doctor before hand.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #751,640
they have made great progress in helping mice with this condiotion
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #751,663
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #751,667
well if they could breed a mouse with a human pancreas, perhaps you can receive a tiny pancreas transplant
Meta joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 11 months later, 11 months after the original post[^] [v] #848,852
Bump. Mee too
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 9 minutes later, 11 months after the original post[^] [v] #848,854
This reminds me of a potential pitfall of eugenics. Sure, everyone knows it makes sense to breed better people, but we have found that we don't know enough about genetics to be confident about what we are doing. Examples have been found of traits that are widely seen as simply bad, such as the tendency towards obesity and so diabetes. But these traits that are bad in one context, plentiful food, are good in another -=- scarce food. The long-term survival of the species would actually be harmed perhaps if we somehow eliminated the trait. Another concern is epigenetics -=- what we think might be simple inheritance of a gene may instead be an epigenitic inheritance -- a famous study of descendants of survivors of a Dutch famine found that they were more likely to develop obesity and diabetes. So these people don't necessarily have worse genetics than other people, but may have common genes that are merely switched on very early -=- in the sperms and/or eggs that eventually made them.
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