The UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS): clinical and therapeutic implications for type 2 diabetes

Diabetes was first recognized 3500 years ago by the Ancient Egyptians. One of the first clinical descriptions was by Aretaeus, who practised in Cappadocia around 120 AD. He wrote that the condition was ‘fortunately rare’, but ‘short will be the life of the man in whom the disease is fully developed’... View More