Remember the big food poisoning disaster involving Peter Pan peanut butter? That was back in February. Well, one of the victims was Atlanta resident Linda Moore (59), who has diabetes. Moore told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she always kept a jar of Peter Pan on her bedside table in case she needed a quick blood sugar lift. She never dreamed it could make her so sick.

What's awful about Moore's story is that she ate the tainted peanut butter and became ill after the recall had been issued. Several weeks after, in fact. She says she was just so busy with her job as a nurse that she had not had time to catch up on the news. One morning Moore ate some Peter Pan then left for work. She soon fell violently ill and ended up being hospitalized for three days with salmonella poisoning. The AJC does not say how Moore's experience was affected by her having diabetes. She is now suing ConAgra, Peter Pan's parent company.

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is also running a story about Peter Pan and how the brand is struggling to make a comeback after the deadly food poisoning mishap. Needless to say, Linda Moore says she will never again buy that brand. In fact, she may never eat peanut butter again. "When I'm in the grocery store, I just look and keep moving," she told the AJC.

Ever had food poisoning? I have. I felt like I was dying. Childbirth was easier. I am not kidding.

You may have heard that diabetics face a greater risk of complications during hospital stays. Well, now there's evidence that diabetics with trauma injuries are particularly at risk. That info comes courtesy of a large Pennsylvania study that looked at records for around 25,000 trauma patients, half with diabetes, the other half without. The study tracked the patients' progress over the course of almost twenty years. Impressive.

What did they find? Twenty-three percent of the diabetic trauma patients experienced complications. That compares with only fourteen percent of non-diabetics. The diabetics also spent slightly more time in intensive care and were more likely to need ventilator support. The overall risk of infections was higher too - eleven percent versus six percent.

Good news: despite all this, the data did not suggest people with diabetes are more likely to die after a trauma injury. Nor did it suggest diabetics stay in hospital longer than non-diabetics. The team that conducted the study states that the next step would be to examine whether or not improved blood sugar control in diabetic trauma patients would impact these figures.

Read more about these findings by visiting MedPageToday or, for a brief summary, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Or check out the full report, published in Archives of Surgery (July, 2007).