Towards health with justice: making the tobacco industry accountable through administrative liability.

For many decades, the transnational tobacco industry has evaded the consequences of harming people and the planet. Despite selling a deadly product, it has continued to remain one of the most profitable industries in the world, now venturing into 'wellness and pharmaceutical' businesses as part of its diversification strategy. Meanwhile, efforts to make the tobacco industry pay through court systems have not progressed due to the inherent challenges within the judicial systems in most countries.

The utility of fasting plasma glucose in predicting glycosylated hemoglobin in type 2 diabetes.

Background: Access to glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) assays in clinical practice remains limited. We investigated the relationship of fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c to determine optimal glucose levels for predicting HbA1c.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data on 2888 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged >or=20 years using a linear regression of HbA1c against fasting plasma glucose.