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Diabetes Management - More Than Just Blood Sugar

The ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) study recently showed lowering blood sugar in type 2 diabetics is unlikely to change diabetes management in patients. As a result of the study, doctors are likely to reconsider their emphasis on lowering blood sugar at all costs, because it is becoming clear that other factors influence the overall health of patients with diabetes.
 
Researchers also found other factors, such as blood pressure and cholesterol, influence the overall health of patients with diabetes just as much as blood sugar management.

This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter.


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