Dr Stephen Lawrence of the Primary Care Diabetes Society said the low comprehensive test rates could be due to the increasing numbers of patients being diagnosed with the condition.

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Melzer and the primary author of the diabetes study, University of Michigan doctoral pre-candidate Monica Silver, also pointed out that the new study included children in the diabetes assessment, which could also account for the different conclusions.

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Merck, on the other hand, will keep a strong sales presence with primary care doctors who treat diabetes, heart disease and other widespread ailments.

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According to the NHS website, examples of assistant practitioner level roles include occupational therapy assistant, diabetes team assistant and primary care worker in mental health.

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We spoke to a paediatrician specialising in childhood obesity who treats primary school children with heart problems and diabetes.

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The initial HPS trial primary report published in 2002 did not even mention the diabetes risk, which only came out much later!

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Cherie Serota, 48, was told by her primary-care doctor in early 2009 that she was on the brink of having Type 2 diabetes.

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"We were looking through a peephole, " says Nelson, who is one of 3, 500 primary care doctors in an Aventis-funded study of the drug that will use the A1C test to measure which diabetes treatments are most effective.

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