One of these days, they’re going to come up with something like Heliobacter pylori or HPV that turns out to cause diabetes, and the entire medical profession could end up dangling from lampposts.
In both of the above cases, ulcers and cervical cancer were linked to lifestyle issues or bad luck for literally centuries….until an infectious agent for each was ultimately discovered (Ulcers: 1985 per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall; HPV: 1999 according to http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/10ed42.htm).
Currently, the medical profession is linking diabetes (and obesity) to lifestyle issues and/or bad luck…..but where ulcers and cervical cancer were comparatively rare, the CDC says that nearly one out of three Americans is obese. If obesity/diabetes turns out to be primarily caused by an infectious agent or environmental hazard, one out of three Americans will be seriously miffed — as in “declare the AMA a terrorist organization” miffed.
