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The language of diabetes

Today’s Diabetes Blog Week Prompt is all about language and diabetes. Here’s the prompt: There is an old saying that

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. – William Osler Maybe

Here’s a fun fact for your Friday, courtesy of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (3rd Edition): I

Are there any phrases or expressions that just bug you? Even when used “correctly” there are some expressions that for

“Prezzies” You mean presents? Shortening a word, but not actually shortening it, doesn’t make you appear more intelligent. “Punkin” See