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Olympic diabetes
Ian W Gallen1, Ann Redgrave, Steven Redgrave
1Chiltern Diabetes Centre, Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. ian.gallen@sbucks.nhs.uk
Clinical Medicine (London, England)
|August 27, 2003
Abstract:
Winning an Olympic gold medal represents the pinnacle of achievement in any sporting event, to do so with diabetes is almost miraculous. This report outlines the history and management of Steven Redgrave's diabetes, and describes the physiology associated with the extremes of human endurance and the difficulties that this presents.