[JesusIsLord]

The cure for diabetes was probably discovered long ago, but the insulin manufacturers have probably suppressed it.

You seem to be suggesting that the real money is in maintenance but not in cures! We all know that pharmaceutical companies want what's best for us and that profit motive is secondary for them. /s

[Sequoyah101]

Once we hardly ever heard of Type II, sure it was around but not in your face every day like it is now. Even “pre-diabetes” is an epidemic now. I suspect much of it all is yet another created medical crisis for money. Huge money in this whole affair. Sure it exists but I still believe that it is overblown. In a similar vein you can include:

High blood pressure where the clinical norms are adjusted to rope in more and more people.

High cholesterol where the same manipulation takes place to rope in more and more patients

Back surgery that costs $80,000 or so but only has a 35% qualified success rate

Hysterectomies that were common in the 80s and now seldom heard of.

Can you name other such medical trends?