Type 1 Diabetics Controling Glucose Lower Cardiac Risk
Posted Dec 19 2008 12:13am
Type 1 diabetics who keep their blood sugar levels close to normal can cut their risk of cardiovascular disease by about 50 percent and their risk of heart attack and stroke by 57 percent, a new study finds. And these results are muchbetter than those achieved by cholesterol or blood pressure drugs, researchers reported at the annual scientific meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
Type 1 diabetics who keep their blood sugar levels close to normal can cut their risk of cardiovascular disease by about 50 percent and their risk of heart attack and stroke by 57 percent, a new study finds. And these results are muchbetter than those achieved by cholesterol or blood pressure drugs, researchers reported at the annual scientific meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
"It's pretty astounding," ADA scientific director Richard Kahn told USA Today. "This is just major. No other study has shown an effect of glucose control on cardiovascular disease."