Liz Sturgiss and I decide to tackle diabetes – do we even know what we are diagnosing, or is it a ‘category error’? Does metformin have anti-aging properties? If so, why isn’t Justin taking it?

Justin’s Factoid focuses on wacky newspaper headlines about medical research, then Liz makes him squirm with her nasty ethical dilemma.

Refs:

Is T2DM a category error? Lancet 2013

The epidemic of pre-diabetes: the medicine and the politics. BMJ 2014;349:g4485

Choosing Wisely Australia recommendations

Testing times! Choosing Wisely when it comes to monitoring type 2 diabetes. MJA 2015