re: #916 Talking Point Detective

But even then, I think it’s better to be safe than sorry - if referring to someone unknown, why not just say “patient(s) with diabetes” or “people with diabetes?”

For the reason I already stated. I think that doing so is categorizing the condition as a problem— though with diabetes, I don’t think it’s as big a deal as with something that’s mental or behavioral.

I would imagine that if you’re comparing patients with diabetes and patients with cardiac disease and patients with pulmonary, etc., all the extra verbiage could get tiresome

Yep. Which is why so much of the literature just refers to treatment of diabetes, or research of diabetes, completely negating the patient entirely.